Characterization of pore shapes for pore network models

ECMOR 2008 - 11th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Helland, J O ^a   Ryazanov, A V ^b   Van Dijke, M I J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CAPILLARY BUNDLE MODELS; CAPILLARY ENTRY PRESSURE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES; CONDUCTANCE ESTIMATION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SHAPE CHARACTERIZATION;

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EID: 84896335722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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