Factors governing distance of nanoparticle propagation in porous media

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 713-728

  Caldelas, Federico ^a,b   Murphy, Michael J ^a   Huh, Chun ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DeGolyer and MacNaughton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ENHANCED RECOVERY; KAOLINITE; LIME; LITHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SILICA; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLE STABILIZED EMULSIONS; SANDSTONE SAMPLES;

SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79959686758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142305-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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