Estimation of parameters for the simulation of foam flow through porous media. Part 1: The dry-out effect

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2363-2375

  Ma, Kun ^a   Lopez Salinas, Jose L ^a   Puerto, Maura C ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a   Biswal, Sibani Lisa ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; CONTINUOUS GAS INJECTIONS; ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MOBILITY REDUCTION; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION;

ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84878021864     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef302036s     Document Type: Article

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