Main Title |
Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media. |
Author |
Parker, J. C. ;
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CORP Author |
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Center for Environmental and Hazardous Material Studies.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. |
Publisher |
c1989 |
Year Published |
1989 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-89/542; |
Stock Number |
PB91-240457 |
Additional Subjects |
Multiphase flow ;
Transport properties ;
Porous materials ;
Reservoir engineering ;
Water pollution ;
Hydrocarbons ;
Capillary flow ;
Pore pressure ;
Mathematical models ;
Engineering geology ;
Oil reservoirs ;
Reprints ;
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NTIS |
PB91-240457 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
20p |
Abstract |
Multiphase flow and transport of compositionally complex fluids in geologic media is of important in a number of applied problems which have major social and economic effects. In petroleum reservoir engineering, efficient recovery of energy reserves is the principal goal. Unfortunately, some of these hydrocarbons and other organic chemicals often find their way unwanted into the soils and groundwater supplies. Removal in the latter case is predicated on ensuring the public health and safety. In the paper, principles of modeling fluid flow in systems containing up to three fluid phases (namely, water, air, and organic liquid) are described. Solution of the governing equations for multiphase flow requires knowledge of functional relationships between fluid pressures, saturations, permeabilities which may be formulated on the basis of conceptual models of fluid-porous media interactions. Mechanisms of transport in multicomponent multiphase systems in which species may partition between phases are also described, and the governing equations are presented for the case in which local phase equilibrium may be assumed. A number of hypothetical numerical problems are presented to illustrate the physical behavior of systems in which multiphase flow and transport arise. (Copyright (c) 1989 by the American Geophysical Union.) |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Reviews of Geographics, v27 n3 p311-328 Aug 89. Sponsored by Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Multiphase Flow and Transport in Porous Media. |
Category Codes |
48A; 68D |
NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/15 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
131119751 |
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NTIS |
Type |
CAT |