Conventional Imtrltiple regression for permeability estimation from well logs requires a functional relationship to be presumed. Due to the inexact nature of the relationship between petrophysical variables, it is not always possible to identify the underlying functional form between dependent and independent variables in advance. When large variations in metrological properties arc exhibited, ...

The goal of this work is to produce nanocomposite film with low oxygen permeability by casting an aqueous solution containing xylan, sorbitol and nanocrystalline cellulose. The morphology of the resulting nanocomposite films was examined by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy which showed that control films containing xylan and sorbitol had a more open structure as compared...

Rock classification or assigning a type or class to a specific rock sample based on petrophysical characteristics is a fundamental technique to reduce the uncertainty in prediction of reservoir properties due to heterogeneity. One of the popular approaches is to classify a reservoir rock from the fundamentals of geology and the physics of flow at pore network scale. In this approach, rocks of s...

Z. Naturforsch. 54 a, 411-416 (1999); received April 19, 1999 The effects of collisions with neutral atoms on the hydromagnetic stability of the plane interface separating two streaming superposed composite plasmas of uniform densities in a porous medium are investigated. In the absence of fluid velocities, it is found, for a potentially stable configuration, that the system remains stable, whi...

Electrical resisivity is usually easier to measure in the laboratory and in-situ than permeability. Therefore, a method of combination between permeability and electrical resistivity might be used to define the fluid flow of reservoir rocks from resistivity data. However, estimating permeability from resistivity has been a problem examined by different authors. Furthermore, neither electrical n...

One of the most difficult tasks in reservoir simulations is reliable characterization of fractured subsurfaces. A typical situation in petroleum engineering employs dynamic data integrations such as the oil production history to be matched with simulated responses associated with a set of porosity and/or permeability fields. Among the challenges found in practice are proper mathematical modelin...

cementation factor is a critical parameter, which affects water saturation calculation. in carbonate rocks, due to the sensitivity of this parameter to pore type, water saturation estimation has associated with high inaccuracy. hence developing a reliable mathematical strategy to determine these properties accurately is of crucial importance. to this end, genetic algorithm pattern search is emp...

Recently, the use of renewable energies has increased to  environmental pollution, limitation of fossil energy resources and energy security  One of the means that enable us to use such energies is fuel cells (FC). However, there are many problems  in the commercialization of FC from an economically and operation perspective. One of the most important problems is heat management. New heat pipes...