A fractal model for gas slippage factor in porous media in the slip flow regime

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-215

  Zheng, Qian ^a   Yu, Boming ^a   Duan, Yonggang ^b   Fang, Quantang ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractals; Gases; Mass transfer; Mathematical modelling; Microstructure; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ENGINEERING FIELDS; FRACTAL MODEL; FRACTAL THEORY; GAS SLIPPAGE; LOW PERMEABILITY; MEAN PRESSURES; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SLIP EFFECTS; SLIP FACTOR; SLIP FLOW REGIMES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84868532181     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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