Analytical study of effects of flow rate, capillarity, and gravity on CO2/brine multiphase-flow system in horizontal corefloods

SPE Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-720

  Kuo, Chia Wei ^a   Benson, Sally M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; BRINE DISPLACEMENT; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MULTI-PHASE FLOW SYSTEMS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 84883669571     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/153954-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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