Onset of convection with fluid compressibility and interface movement

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Myint, Philip C ^a,b   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPRESSIBILITY; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXTURES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FLUID COMPRESSIBILITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; ONSET OF CONVECTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84885085073     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4821743     Document Type: Article

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