Investigation of water and CO2 (carbon dioxide) flooding using micro-CT (micro-computed tomography) images of Berea sandstone core using finite element simulations

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5209-5216

  Gunde, Akshay C ^a   Bera, Bijoyendra ^a   Mitra, Sushanta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Berea sandstone; Finite element; Level set method; Micro CT; Porous media; Water flooding

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DROP BREAKUP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INLET FLOW; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE;

BEREA SANDSTONE; FINITE ELEMENT; LEVEL SET METHOD; MICRO CT; POROUS MEDIA; WATER FLOODING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BEREA SANDSTONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OIL; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649831027     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.07.045     Document Type: Article

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