Theoretical and experimental investigation of the motion of multiphase fluids containing paramagnetic nanoparticles in porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-144

  Ryoo, Seungyup ^a   Rahmani, Amir R ^a   Yoon, Ki Youl ^a   Prodanović, Maša ^a   Kotsmar, Csaba ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Johnston, Keith P ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a   Huh, Chun ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Ferrofluids; Interface motion; Nanoparticle synthesis; Phase sensitive optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

AIR WATER INTERFACES; CO-EXISTING; DISPERSION STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERRO FLUID; FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACE MOTION; INTERFACIAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTERFACIAL MOTIONS; INTERFACIAL MOVEMENT; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODELING STUDIES; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; NON-INVASIVE; OIL WATER INTERFACES; OIL-WATER; PARTICLE MOVEMENT; PHASE-SENSITIVE; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESTORING FORCES; SURFACE-MODIFIED; THEORETICAL EXPLANATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TWO-FLUID;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETISM; POROUS MATERIALS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

CAPILLARITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLE MOTION; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR ROCK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857428685     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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