Surfactant concentration and end effects on foam flow in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 511-536

  Apaydin, O G ^a   Kovscek, A R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Foam; Multi phase model; Population balance; Porous media; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY; THIN FILMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

MOBILITY CONTROL;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FOAM INJECTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SURFACTANT; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035359142     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010740811277     Document Type: Article

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