LBM Simulation of Viscous Fingering Phenomenon in Immiscible Displacement of Two Fluids in Porous Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-314

  Dong, B ^a,b   Yan, Y Y ^b   Li, W Z ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immiscible fluids; Lattice Boltzmann method; Porous media; Viscous fingering

Indexed keywords

AREAL SWEEP EFFICIENCY; BOND NUMBERS; CAPILLARY FORCE; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; HELE-SHAW CELLS; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; POROUS MEDIA; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TWO-FLUID; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VISCOUS FINGERING; VISCOUS FLUIDS; VISCOUS FORCES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLUIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955839417     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9740-y     Document Type: Article

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