Foam generation in homogeneous porous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4037-4052

  Gauglitz, P A ^a   Friedmann, F ^b   Kam, S I ^c,d   Rossen, W R ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foam; Foam generation; Hysteresis; Packed bed; Porous media; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOAMS; HYSTERESIS; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; COMPLEXATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SAND;

CRITICAL PRESSURES; DENSE CO; FOAM GENERATION; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; INJECTION VELOCITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

POROUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

FOAM GENERATION;

FOAM; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; PACKED BED; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0037152913     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00340-8     Document Type: Article

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