Dynamic simulations with an improved model for foam generation

SPE Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-48

  Kam, Seung Ihi ^a   Nguyen, Quoc P ^b   Li, Qichong ^b,c   Rossen, William R ^b,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PetroTel Inc   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); PRESSURE GRADIENT; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

LOCAL-STEADY-STATE THEORY; POPULATION-BALANCE MODEL;

FOAMS;

EID: 34247198909     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90938-PA     Document Type: Article

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