The effect of microporosity on transport properties in porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-119

  Mehmani, Ayaz ^a   Prodanović, Maša ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow model; Microporosity; Multiphase flow; Porous media; Relative permeability; Two scale network

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODEL; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; INTERGRANULAR POROSITY; NETWORK CONSTRUCTION; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE-SCALE MODEL; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; TEXTURES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MICROPOROSITY;

FLOW MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84890263013     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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