Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media - An International Journal 

About: Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media - An International Journal is an academic journal published by Begell House. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Porous medium & Nanofluid. It has an ISSN identifier of 2151-4798. Over the lifetime, 291 publications have been published receiving 1837 citations. The journal is also known as: Special topics and reviews in porous media.

Eor potential within iran

Abstract: As the application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) mechanisms expands globally, a vast amount of information is reported annually and many statistical works are carried out aiming mostly at the feasibility study of employing EOR methods for candidate reservoirs. In the last decades, researchers have gathered huge databases and used various techniques to identify screening criteria ranges for each EOR method. Screening algorithms are then developed to desirably benefit from the criteria ranges for candidate selection. The numerous screening criteria ranges reported for each EOR technique and the variety of screening algorithms raise the problem of choice, especially for petroleum engineers who plan to initiate EOR projects. This paper summarizes important screening criteria and screening algorithms and discusses and elaborates on subjects such as the importance of the following: accuracy in the EOR screening, comparing the parameters of the candidate reservoir with the criteria ranges, establishing a quantitative basis for comparison, dealing with a large number of candidate reservoirs, ranking the importance of parameters for each EOR method, assigning weights for parameters, and defining cutoffs. Based on a series of optimistic and pessimistic criteria extracted from the collected criteria, a case study is performed involving 11 candidate Iranian reservoirs and the EOR options for each reservoir are ranked accordingly. Then, a predictive correlation is used to identify reservoirs with the highest recovery factors among the candidates of the CO2 miscible flooding. The results show that miscible CO2 and hydrocarbon gas injections are two promising mechanisms for the reservoirs under study.

Thermal instability of a nanofluid saturating a rotating anisotropic porous medium

Abstract: The present work aims at studying the thermal instability in a rotating anisotropic porous layer saturated by a nanofluid. The model used for nanofluid combines the effect of Brownian motion along with thermophoresis, while for a porous medium the Darcy model has been used. Using linear stability analysis the expression for the critical Rayleigh number has been obtained in terms of various nondimensional parameters. The effect of various parameters on the onset of instability has been presented graphically and discussed in detail. Bottom-heavy and top-heavy arrangements of nanoparticles are shown to prefer oscillatory and stationary modes of convection, respectively. Several results are obtained as limiting cases of the present study. © 2011 by Begell House Inc.

Heat and mass transfer on magnetohydrodynamic chemically reacting flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous medium with hall effects

Abstract: M. Veera Krishna, B.V. Swarnalathamma, & Ali J. Chamkha Department of Mathematics, Rayalaseema University, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India Department of Science and Humanities, JB institute of Engineering and Technology, Moinabad, Hyderabad, Telangana-500075, India Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Sultan Endowment for Energy and Environment, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University Al-Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia RAK Research and Innovation Center, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates