Onset of Mobilization and the Fraction of Trapped Foam in Porous Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-284

  Cohen, David ^a,c   Patzek, T W ^b   Radke, C J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^c The Clorox Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Foam; Mobilization; Network simulation; Pressure gradient; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; WETTING;

PORE NETWORK SIMULATORS;

FOAMS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; FOAM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0031229556     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006552320036     Document Type: Article

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