Phase field theory modeling of methane fluxes from exposed natural gas hydrate reservoirs

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1504, Issue , 2012, Pages 351-363

  Kivelä, Pilvi Helinä ^a   Baig, Khuram ^a   Qasim, Muhammad ^a   Kvamme, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hydrate; Methane Fluxes; Phase Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873205007     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4771728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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