Dynamic coupling of pore-scale and reservoir-scale models for multiphase flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5973-5988

  Sheng, Qiang ^a   Thompson, Karsten ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

multiphase flow; multiscale simulation; network model; permeability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DYNAMIC PORE-NETWORK MODELS; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; NETWORK MODELING; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SIMULTANEOUS INJECTIONS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SATURATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 84884401951     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20430     Document Type: Article

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