Visualization and measurement of CO2 flooding in porous media using MRI

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4707-4715

  Zhao, Yuechao ^a   Song, Yongchen ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Liang, Haifeng ^b   Dou, Binlin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COMMERCIAL PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID VISCOSITY; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; IN-SITU; LOW VISCOSITY; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; OIL SATURATION; PISTON-LIKE DISPLACEMENT; POROUS MEDIA; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SPECIAL CORE ANALYSIS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; VISCOUS FINGERING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOSITY; VISUALIZATION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 79954509550     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1013019     Document Type: Article

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