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Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media - PTRL5001
Science students

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Petroleum Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Hydrostatic pressure and geothermal gradients. Darcy's Law. Porosity-permeability relationships and rock microstructures. Steady-state inclined flow and pressure potential. Steady-state radial flow. Flow in series and in parallel. Compressible gas flow Klinkenberg effect. Vertical well model and skin effect. Radial diffusivity equation and pseudo steady-state flow. (Ref: PTRL2014)

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