Modifying Van der Waals Equation of State to Consider Influence of Confinement on Phase Behavior

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 4643-4654

  Ma, Yixin ^a   Jin, Luchao ^a   Jamili, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BUTANE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASES; MIXTURES; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PORE PRESSURE; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; QUAY WALLS; SHALE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; HYDROCARBON MIXTURE; MOLECULAR MEAN FREE PATH; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; PERMEABILITY IMPAIRMENTS; VAN DER WAALS EQUATION OF STATE;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 84894212057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/166476-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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