Comparison of an impec and a semi-implicit formulation for compositional reservoir simulation

In compositional reservoir simulation, a set of non-linear partial differential equations must be solved. In this work, two numerical formulations are compared. The first formulation is based on an implicit pressure and explicit composition (IMPEC) procedure, and the second formulation uses an impli...

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Main Authors: B. R. B. Fernandes, A. Varavei, F. Marcondes, K. Sepehrnoori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322014000400016&lng=en&tlng=en