Dynamic foam behavior in the entrance region of a porous medium

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 377, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 217-227

  Ashoori, E ^a   Marchesin, D ^b   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Enhanced oil recovery; Entrance region; Foam in porous media; Population balance foam model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; WATER INJECTION;

ASYMPTOTIC DYNAMICS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ENTRANCE REGION; FOAM PROPERTIES; INJECTION RATES; INTERMEDIATE STATE; NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS; POPULATION BALANCE FOAM MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SHOCK FRONTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STEADY STATE; TRAVELING WAVE; WATER SATURATIONS;

FOAM CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOAM STABILITY; FOAMING; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; STEADY STATE; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952043402     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.12.043     Document Type: Article

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