Approximate pore-level modeling for apparent viscosity of polymer-enhanced foam in porous media

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Huh, Chun ^a   Rossen, William R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; FOAMED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

APPARENT VISCOSITY; POLYMER-ENHANCED FOAM (PEF); SHEAR-THINNING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 42549109077     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99653-PA     Document Type: Article

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