Knudsen's Permeability Correction for Tight Porous Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-260

  Ziarani, Ali S ^a   Aguilera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Klinkenberg; Knudsen; Permeability; Tight gas

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAMS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DARCY'S LAW; FIRST ORDER EQUATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; FREE MOLECULAR FLOW; GAS FLOWS; HIGHER ORDER; KLINKENBERG; KNUDSEN; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; LOW PERMEABILITY; SECOND-ORDER APPROXIMATION; SHALE FORMATION; TIGHT FORMATION; TIGHT GAS; TIGHT SANDS; TRANSITION FLOW REGIME;

COAL DEPOSITS; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; SHALE;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

DIFFUSION; GAS FLOW; NATURAL GAS; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055181240     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9842-6     Document Type: Article

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