Natural convection—an underlying mechanism in CO2-VAPEX process

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2004, CIPC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Li, Z ^a   Dong, M ^a   Shirif, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; DENSITY OF GASES; ETHANE; GASOLINE; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

CALCULATION RESULTS; CONTACT REGIONS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DRAINAGE RATE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; THERMAL METHODS; VAPOR EXTRACTION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85055001008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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