Nonlinear formulation based on an equation-of-state free method for compositional flow simulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-273

  Zaydullin, R ^a   Voskov, D V ^a   Tchelepi, H A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; TABLE LOOKUP;

COMPLEX THERMODYNAMICS; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE BEHAVIOR; MULTIPHASE FLOW IN POROUS MEDIAS; NONLINEAR CONSERVATION LAW; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES; SUPER-CRITICAL REGIONS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 84876383610     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/146989-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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