Modeling of Alkali surfactant polymer process by coupling a multi-purpose simulator to the chemistry package PHREEQC

16th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 653-667

  Farajzadeh, R ^a   Matsuura, T ^a   Van Batenburg, D ^a   Dijk, H ^b  

^a Shell International EP BV   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; CHEMICAL ENGINES; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COUPLING PROCEDURE; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLOW PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICALS; ENGINES; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 84877981731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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