An Experimental Study of the Influence of Interfacial Tension onWater-Oil Two-Phase Relative Permeability

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 505-520

  Shen, Pingping ^a   Zhu, Bin ^a   Li, Xian Bin ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical flooding; EOR; Interfacial tension; NAPL; Relative permeability; Surfactant enhanced aquifer remediation; Two phase displacement

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FLOODING; EOR; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; NAPL; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SURFACTANT ENHANCED AQUIFER REMEDIATION; TWO-PHASE DISPLACEMENTS;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; PERMEABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACTANT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 78149498783     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9575-y     Document Type: Article

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