Mathematical analysis and numerical simulation of multi-phase multi-component flow in heterogeneous porous media

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Geiger, Sebastian ^a   Schmid, Karen S ^a   Zaretskiy, Yan ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO 2 storage; Enhanced oil recovery; Groundwater contamination; Mathematical modelling; Numerical methods; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW PROCESS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MULTICOMPONENTS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROCARBONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ENGINEERING; FLOW; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 84859957193     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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