Analytical Solutions for Linear Counter-Current Spontaneous Imbibition in the Frontal Flow Period

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 827-850

  Li, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter current; Piston efficiency; Spontaneous imbibition; Suction capacity; Truncated front

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PISTONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; COUNTER CURRENT; ENGINEERING CALCULATION; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SUCTION CAPACITY; TRUNCATED FRONT;

WETTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUNTERCURRENT; DARCY LAW; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUID FLOW; IMBIBITION; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SUCTION; WETTABILITY; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 79251600985     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9656-y     Document Type: Article

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