Effect of drainage height and grain size on the convective dispersion in the vapex process: Experimental study

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ali Yazdani, J ^a   Maini, Brij B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CRUDE OIL; DISPERSIONS; EXTRACTION; MASS TRANSFER; OIL FIELDS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DISPERSION CONTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; HEAVY OIL AND BITUMENS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER MECHANISM; PHYSICAL MODEL EXPERIMENTS; VAPOR-EXTRACTION PROCESS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85054956393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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