Application of fractional flow theory to foams in porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 152-165

  Dholkawala, Z F ^a,b   Sarma, H K ^a   Kam, S I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Advanced Well Technologies   (Australia)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Foam; Foam generation; Fractional flow theory; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FOAM GENERATION; FRACTIONAL FLOW THEORY; INJECTION VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RHEOLOGY;

FOAMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RHEOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CATASTROPHE THEORY; DISPLACEMENT; FOAM; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MEDIUM; RHEOLOGY; SATURATION; TEXTURE;

EID: 34247222512     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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