A quasi steady state method for solving transient Darcy flow in complex 3D fractured networks accounting for matrix to fracture flow

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-223

  Noetinger B ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete fracture network; Dual porosity; Fractured reservoirs; Laplace transform; Low permeability matrix; Quasi steady state; Transfer function; Transport in fractured media

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; NATURAL FRACTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; DUAL POROSITY; FRACTURED MEDIA; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOW PERMEABILITY MATRIX; MATRIX; QUASI-STEADY STATE; TRANSPORT IN FRACTURED MEDIUM;

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

EID: 84918837716     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2014.11.038     Document Type: Article

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