A new stochastic bubble population model for foam in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 116-129

  Zitha, P L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOAMS; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LIQUID INJECTION; QUASI-INCOMPRESSIBLE FOAM; VISCOUS FINGERING;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 33745700505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/98976-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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