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Sensitivity analysis and optimization on effective parameters during chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) using experimental design and numerical simulation

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Pages 1847-1861 | Received 16 Aug 2018, Accepted 27 Oct 2018, Published online: 28 Nov 2018

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