A new method for the determination of foam capillary pressures in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3865-3884

  Van Der Net, A ^b   Zitha, P L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; FOAM FLOW;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAMS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 33644792111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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