Advanced petroleum reservoir simulation [[electronic resource] /] / M. Rafiqul Islam ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830296103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Salem, Mass., : Scrivener; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-88347-X; 9786612883477; 1-61344-169-X; 0-470-65067-2; 0-470-65068-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Collana: Wiley-Scrivener ; ; v.40
• Altri autori (Persone): IslamM. Rafiqul
• Disciplina: 553.28015118; 622.3382
• Soggetti: Petroleum reserves - Mathematical models; Petroleum reserves - Computer simulation; Oil reservoir engineering - Mathematical models; Oil reservoir engineering - Data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Advanced Petroleum Reservoir Simulation; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Reservoir Simulation Background; 1.1 Essence of Reservoir Simulation; 1.2 Assumptions Behind Various Modeling Approaches; 1.3 Material Balance Equation; 1.3.1 Decline Curve; 1.3.2 Statistical Method; 1.3.3 Analytical Methods; 1.3.4 Finite Difference Methods; 1.3.5 Darcy's Law; 1.4 Recent Advances in Reservoir Simulation; 1.4.1 Speed and Accuracy; 1.4.2 New Fluid Flow Equations; 1.4.3 Coupled Fluid Flow and Geo-mechanical Stress Model; 1.4.4 Fluid Flow Modeling Under Thermal Stress; 1.5 Future Challenges in Reservoir Simulation1.5.1 Experimental Challenges; 1.5.2 Numerical Challenges; 1.5.2.1 Theory of Onset and Propagation of Fractures Due to Thermal Stress; 1.5.2.2 2-D and 3-D Solutions of the Governing Equations; 1.5.2.3 Viscous Fingering During Miscible Displacement; 1.5.2.4 Improvement in Remote Sensing and ; Monitoring Ability; 1.5.2.5 Improvement in Data Processing Techniques; 1.5.3 Remote Sensing and Real-time Monitoring; 1.5.3.1 Monitoring Offshore Structures; 1.5.3.2 Development of a Dynamic Characterization Tool (Based on Seismic-while-drilling Data); 1.5.3.3 Use of 3-D Sonogram1.5.3.4 Virtual Reality (VR) Applications; 1.5.3.5 Intelligent Reservoir Management; 1.6 Economic Models Based on Futuristic Energy Pricing Policies; 1.7 Integrated System of Monitoring, Environmental Impact and Economics; 2. Reservoir Simulator-input/output; 2.1 Input and Output Data; 2.2 Geological and Geophysical Modeling; 2.3 Reservoir Characterization; 2.3.1 Representative Elementary Volume, REV; 2.3.2 Fluid and Rock Properties; 2.3.2.1 Fluid Properties; 2.3.2.1.1 Crude Oil Properties; 2.3.2.1.2 Natural Gas Properties; 2.3.2.1.3 Water Content Properties; 2.3.3 Rock Properties2.4 Upscaling; 2.4.1 Power Law Averaging Method; 2.4.2 Pressure-solver Method; 2.4.3 Renormalization Technique; 2.4.4 Multiphase Flow Upscaling; 2.5 Pressure/Production data; 2.5.1 Phase Saturations Distribution; 2.6 Reservoir Simulator Output; 2.7 History-matching; 2.7.1 History-matching Formulation; 2.7.2 Uncertainty Analysis; 2.7.2.1 Measurement Uncertainty; 2.7.2.2 Upscaling Uncertainty; 2.7.2.3 Model Error; 2.7.2.4 The Prediction Uncertainty; 2.8 Real-time Monitoring; 3. Reservoir Simulators: Problems, Shortcomings, and Some Solution Techniques; 3.1 Multiple Solutions in Natural Phenomena3.1.1 Knowledge Dimension; 3.2 Adomian Decomposition; 3.2.1 Governing Equations; 3.2.2 Adomian Decomposition of Buckley-Leverett Equation; 3.2.3 Results and Discussions; 3.3 Some Remarks on Multiple Solutions; 4. Mathematical Formulation of Reservoir Simulation Problems; 4.1 Black Oil Model and Compositional Model; 4.2 General Purpose Compositional Model; 4.2.1 Basic Definitions; 4.2.2 Primary and Secondary Parameters and Model Variables; 4.2.3 Mass Conservation Equation; 4.2.4 Energy Balance Equation; 4.2.5 Volume Balance Equation; 4.2.6 The Motion Equation in Porous Medium
• Sommario/riassunto: Advanced Petroleum Reservoir Simulation Add precision and ease to the process of reservoir simulation. Until simulation software and other methods of reservoir characterization were developed, engineers had to drill numerous wells to find the best way to extract crude oil and natural gas. Today, even with highly sophisticated reservoir simulations software available, reservoir simulation still involves a great deal of guesswork. Advanced Petroleum Reservoir Simulation provides an advanced approach to petroleum reservoir simulation, taking the guesswork out of the process and re

Epigenetics : linking genotype and phenotype in development and evolution / / edited by Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Brian K. Hall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911107058303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
• ISBN: 9786613331854; 9781283331852; 1283331853; 9780520948822; 0520948823
• Edizione: [1版.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (469 p.)
• Classificazione: WG 1940
• Altri autori (Persone): HallgrímssonBenedikt; HallBrian K <1941-> (Brian Keith)
• Disciplina: 576.5/3
• Soggetti: Phenotype; Epigenesis; Genotype-environment interaction; Genetic regulation; Developmental genetics; Evolutionary genetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Brief History of the Term and Concept Epigenetics -- 3. Heuristic Reductionism and the Relative significance of Epigenetic Inheritance in evolution -- 4. The Epigenetics of Genomic Imprinting: Core Epigenetic Processes are conserved in Mammals, Insects, and Plants -- 5. Methylation Mapping in Humans -- 6. Asexuality and Epigenetic Variation -- 7. Epigenesis, Preformation, and the Humpty Dumpty Problem -- 8. A Principle of Developmental Inertia -- 9. The Role of Epigenetics in Nervous System Development -- 10. Morphogenesis of Pigment Patterns: Experimental and Modeling Approaches -- 11. Epigenetic Interactions of the Cardiac Neural Crest -- 12. Epigenetics in Bone and cartilage Development -- 13. Muscle-Bone Interactions and ; the Development of skeletal Phenotype: Jaw muscles and the skull -- 14. Evolution of the Apical Ectoderm in the Developing Vertebrate Limb -- 15. Role of Skeletal Muscle in the Epigenetic Shaping of Organs, Tissues, and Cell Fate Choices -- 16. Epigenetic Integration, Complexity, and Evolvability of the Head: Rethinking the Functional Matrix Hypothesis -- 17. Epigenetic Interactions: The Developmental Route to Functional Integration -- 18. Epigenetic Contributions to Adaptive Radiation: Insights from Threespine Stickleback -- 19. Learning, Developmental Plasticity, and the Rate of Morphological Evolution -- 20. Epigenetics: Adaptation or Contingency? -- 21. The Epigenetics of Dysmorphology. Craniosynostosis as an Example -- 22. Epigenetics of Human Disease -- 23. Epigenetics: The Context of Development -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Illuminating the processes and patterns that link genotype to phenotype, epigenetics seeks to explain features, characters, and developmental mechanisms that can only be understood in terms of interactions that arise above the level of the gene. With chapters written by leading authorities, this volume offers a broad integrative survey of epigenetics. Approaching this complex subject from a variety of perspectives, it presents a broad, historically grounded view that demonstrates the utility of this approach for understanding complex biological systems in development, disease, and evolution. Chapters cover such topics as morphogenesis and organ formation, conceptual foundations, and cell differentiation, and together demonstrate that the integration of epigenetics into mainstream developmental biology is essential for answering fundamental questions about how phenotypic traits are produced.