Semianalytical solutions for cocurrent and countercurrent imbibition and dispersion of solutes in immiscible two-phase flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Schmid, K S ^a   Geiger, S ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CLEANUP PROCEDURES; CO-CURRENT FLOW; COUNTER CURRENT; COUNTER-CURRENT IMBIBITION; DISPERSION OF SOLUTES; EXACT SOLUTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; ONE DIMENSION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REFERENCE SOLUTION; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SINGULAR PERTURBATION EXPANSION; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; VISCOUS FORCES; VISCOUS LIMITS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISPERSIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; IMPURITIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

ADVECTION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISPERSION; FLOW FIELD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMBIBITION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 79952225384     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009686     Document Type: Article

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