Percolation model for permeability reduction in porous media by continuous-gas foams

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2709-2716

  Hazlett, Randy D ^a,b   Furr, Mary J ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Potential Research Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FOAMS; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONTINUOUS GAS FOAMS; FOAMING AGENTS; GAS INJECTION PROCESS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT;

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

FOAM; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY IMPAIRMENT; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; REFRACTION INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0034253750     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990818x     Document Type: Article

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