Carbon dioxide foam rheology in porous media: A CT scan study

IIORC 05 - 2005 SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 207-215

  Du, D ^a   Zitha, P L J ^a   Uijttenhout, M G H ^b  

^a SPE ^*

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; FINGERING BEHAVIOR; LIQUID SATURATIONS; WATER ALTERNATING FOAM (WAF);

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33745214869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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