Transient, thermal wellbore flow of multispecies carbon dioxide mixtures with phase transition during geological storage

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-92

  Lu, Meng ^a   Connell, Luke Daulton ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiphase flow; Multispecies mixture; Phase transition; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTHERMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

DYNAMIC PROCESS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; LIQUID CHEMICALS; MULTISPECIES MIXTURES; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC APPROACHES; TRANSITION PROCESS; WELLBORE FLOW MODEL;

MIXTURES;

EID: 84899810551     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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