Trapped gas fraction during steady-state foam flow

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-307

  Tang, G Q ^a   Kovscek, A R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam; Gasmobility control; Laboratory studies; Network modeling; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GAS MOBILITY CONTROL; TRAPPED GAS FRACTION;

FOAMS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FOAMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FOAM; GAS FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33751038578     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-6093-4     Document Type: Article

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