A practical method for minimummiscibility-pressure estimation of contaminated CO2 mixtures

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 764-772

  Johns, R T ^a   Ahmadi, Kaveh ^a   Zhou, D ^a   Yan, M ^b  

^a University of Texas at   (United States)

^b Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CONTAMINATION; GAS MIXTURES; MIXING; RIVER POLLUTION;

COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; PRESSURE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; SOLVENT;

EID: 78649795030     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/124906-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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