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The subject of this chapter is the movement of gases in porous media. In contrast to groundwater hydraulics, gas flow is more complicated because of its compressibility. Significant variations in gas density and viscosity can result also from temperature fluctuations (so-called Klinkenberg effect). According to the kinetic theory of gases, its viscosity should not depend on pressure. This is not necessarily the case for conditions typically existing in natural gas reservoirs [121]. At a fixed temperature, the viscosity of gas can vary by tens of percents as the formation pressure changes by a few Mega Pascale. Another problem concerns the evidence of turbulent flow, which results in additional friction effects.
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Singh, A., Kolditz, O. (2012). Gas Flow. In: Kolditz, O., Görke, UJ., Shao, H., Wang, W. (eds) Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Porous Media. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 86. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27177-9_8
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