Structure/performance relationships for surfactant and polymer stabilized foams in porous media

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Kutay, Susan M ^a   Schramm, Laurier L ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; FOAMED PLASTICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

CONSOLIDATED SANDSTONE ROCK; PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS; POLYMER STABILIZED FOAMS; PORE SCALE MORPHOLOGY; SHEAR RATES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 1842589594     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/04-02-01     Document Type: Article

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