Modeling of proppant permeability and inertial factor for fluid flow through packed columns

ISRM International Conference for Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 549-569

  Meyer, Bruce R ^a   Bazan, Lucas W ^b   Walls, Doug ^c  

^a Meyer Technologies LLC   (United States)

^b Bazan Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PROPPANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; PROPPANT PERMEABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPHERE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84992684857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5772/56299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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