Analysis of capillary interaction and oil recovery under ultrasonic waves

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-255

  Hamida, Tarek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Capillary imbibition; Interfacial tension; Oilrecovery; Surfactants; Ultrasonic waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAPILLARITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

ACOUSTIC INTERACTION; COUNTER-CURRENT IMBIBITION; OIL EXTRACTION; OIL-BRINE IMBIBITION; WATER-AIR IMBIBITION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

ADSORPTION; BEREA SANDSTONE; CAPILLARITY; FLUID FLOW; IMBIBITION; INTERFACE; IRRADIATION; OIL; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUBILITY; SURFACTANT; ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34948880709     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9097-9     Document Type: Article

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