Thermodiffusion: From microgravity experiments to the initial state of petroleum reservoirs

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 339, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 318-323

  Touzet, Mathieu ^a   Galliero, Guillaume ^a   Lazzeri, Veronique ^a   Saghir, M Ziad ^b   Montel, François ^c   Legros, Jean Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Simulations; Soret effect; Species separation; Thermodiffusion

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; GRAVITY FIELD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79955977361     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2011.03.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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