Effect of concentration on HPAM retention in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 2265-2275

  Zhang, Guoyin ^a   Seright, R S ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

ADSORBED POLYMERS; CONCENTRATED REGIME; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; RETENTION MECHANISM;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84894170511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/166265-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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