Synthetic-based aphrons: Correlation between properties and filtrate reduction performance

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Spinelli, Luciana S ^a   Neto, Genecy R ^a   Freire, Layla F A ^a   Monteiro, Vitor ^b   Lomba, Rosana ^b   Michel, Ricardo ^a   Lucas, Elizabete ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aphrons; Filtrate reduction; Microbubbles; Microscopy; Size distribution; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DISPERSIONS; EMULSIFICATION; ESTERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; FILTRATE REDUCTION; FILTRATION CELL; FILTRATION CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-DENSITY; INTERFACIAL AREAS; MICROBUBBLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; ORGANIC MEDIUM; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; STATIC FILTRATION; SURFACTANT LAYERS; SYNTHETIC POROUS MEDIA; WATER-BASED DRILLING FLUID;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

ESTER; SURFACTANT;

APHRON; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISPERSION; EMULSION; FILTRATION; FOAM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 71249100641     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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