Effect of water solubility on carbon dioxide foam flow in porous media: An X-ray computed tomography study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6298-6306

  Du, Dong Xing ^a   Beni, Ali Naderi ^b,c   Farajzadeh, Rouhollah ^b   Zitha, Pacelli L J ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EFFECT OF WATER; FOAM FLOW; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FOAMS;

EID: 50849106043     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie701688j     Document Type: Article

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