Modeling foamy oil flow in porous media

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1659-1686

  Joseph, D D ^a   Kamp, A M ^b   Bai, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Foam flow; Foamy oil; Porous media flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; FOAMS; ISOTHERMS; NUCLEATION; OILS AND FATS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLUBILITY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

HEAVY OILS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FOAM; OIL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0036795218     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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