Inertia Effects in the Dynamics of Viscous Fingering of Miscible Fluids in Porous Media: Circular Hele-Shaw Cell Configuration
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Modeling
3. Results
3.1. Fingers Morphology
3.2. Displacement Efficiency
3.3. Mixing Area
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Ait Abderrahmane, H.; Rabbani, S.; Sassi, M. Inertia Effects in the Dynamics of Viscous Fingering of Miscible Fluids in Porous Media: Circular Hele-Shaw Cell Configuration. Energies 2021, 14, 6432. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196432
Ait Abderrahmane H, Rabbani S, Sassi M. Inertia Effects in the Dynamics of Viscous Fingering of Miscible Fluids in Porous Media: Circular Hele-Shaw Cell Configuration. Energies. 2021; 14(19):6432. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196432
Chicago/Turabian StyleAit Abderrahmane, Hamid, Shahid Rabbani, and Mohamed Sassi. 2021. "Inertia Effects in the Dynamics of Viscous Fingering of Miscible Fluids in Porous Media: Circular Hele-Shaw Cell Configuration" Energies 14, no. 19: 6432. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196432