Particle agglomeration in sheared fluids

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-98

  Dogon, David ^a,b   Golombok, Michael ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Blocking; Fracture flow; Proppants; Shear

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROPPANTS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEARING;

BLOCKING; CANDIDATE MECHANISMS; FRACTURE FLOW; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; ORTHOKINETIC AGGLOMERATION; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; REDUCED GROWTH RATE;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84923091615     PISSN: 21900558     EISSN: 21900566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13202-014-0121-2     Document Type: Article

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