An Analytic Solution for the Frontal Flow Period in 1D Counter-Current Spontaneous Imbibition into Fractured Porous Media Including Gravity and Wettability Effects

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-62

  Mirzaei Paiaman, Abouzar ^a,c   Masihi, Mohsen ^a   Standnes, Dag Chun ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Dimensionless time; Fractured reservoirs; Porous media; Spontaneous imbibition

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CAPILLARY FORCE; COUNTER CURRENT; DIMENSIONLESS TIME; DUAL-POROSITY; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GRAVITY FORCES; LIQUID GAS SYSTEMS; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; NO-FLOW BOUNDARIES; NON-WETTING; PHASE RECOVERY; PHASE VISCOSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SCALING EQUATIONS; SINGLE CURVES; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; STABILIZATION TIME; TIME RESPONSE; WETTING PHASE;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; GRAVITATION; LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

WETTING;

CAPILLARITY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRAVITY FIELD; IMBIBITION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; SATURATION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79960056856     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9751-8     Document Type: Article

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