UNSW Handbook Course - Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media

Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media - PTRL2014


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Petroleum Engineering
	Contact: Salisch,Henry
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: PTRL1016
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

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.

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