X-ray tomography measurements of power-law cluster size distributions for the nonwetting phase in sandstones

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Iglauer, Stefan ^a   Favretto, Stefano ^b   Spinelli, Gregorio ^b   Schena, Gianni ^b   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; LARGE CLUSTERS; NON-WETTING; PHASE CLUSTERS; POWER-LAW; RESIDUAL PHASE; SURFACE AREA; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE REACTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78651378937     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056315     Document Type: Article

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