A Prediction Model of the Capillary Pressure J-Function.
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SUBMITTER: Xu WS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014314 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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A Prediction Model of the Capillary Pressure J-Function.
Xu W S WS Luo P Y PY Sun L L Lin N N
PloS one 20160907 9
The capillary pressure J-function is a dimensionless measure of the capillary pressure of a fluid in a porous medium. The function was derived based on a capillary bundle model. However, the dependence of the J-function on the saturation Sw is not well understood. A prediction model for it is presented based on capillary pressure model, and the J-function prediction model is a power function instead of an exponential or polynomial function. Relative permeability is calculated with the J-function ...[more]
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