Development of a Bubble-Population Correlation for Foam-Flow Modeling in Porous Media

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 356-362

  Bertin, Henri J ^a   Quintard, Michel Y ^a   Castanier, Louis M ^b,c  

^a University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; POPULATION-BALANCE MODEL;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032308023     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/52596-PA     Document Type: Article

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