Onset of buoyancy-driven convection in a variable viscosity liquid saturated in a porous medium

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-87

  Kim Kim, Min Chan ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven convection; Carbon dioxide improved oil recovery; Direct numerical simulation; Linear stability analysis; Viscosity variation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE OIL; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; HORIZONTAL POROUS LAYERS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; NONLINEAR NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VARIABLE VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY VARIATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84899502967     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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