CO2-in-water foam at elevated temperature and salinity stabilized with a nonionic surfactant with a high degree of ethoxylation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4252-4263

  Chen, Yunshen ^a   Elhag, Amro S ^a   Cui, Leyu ^b   Worthen, Andrew J ^a   Reddy, Prathima P ^a   Noguera, Jose A ^a   Ou, Anne Marie ^a   Ma, Kun ^b,c   Puerto, Maura ^b   Hirasaki, George J ^b   Nguyen, Quoc P ^a   Biswal, Sibani L ^b   Johnston, Keith P ^a  

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

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; OIL SHALE; POROUS MATERIALS; SHEAR THINNING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

CLOUD POINT TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF ETHOXYLATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERMEABILITY DIFFERENCE; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

NONIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84928796868     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie503674m     Document Type: Article

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