Displacement of oil by different interfacial tension fluids under ultrasonic waves

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 316, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 176-189

  Hamida, Tarek ^a   Babadagli, Tayfun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractal; Hele Shaw cell; Immiscibe and miscible displacement; Interfacial tension; Lacunarity; Oil recovery; Ultrasonic waves

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MINERAL OILS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROPANOL; SURFACE TENSION;

HELE-SHAW MODELS; OIL EXTRACTION; SURFACE FILMS;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

2 PROPANOL; KEROSENE; MINERAL OIL; OIL; PENTANE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38649124887     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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