Experimental study of nanoparticle-surfactant-stabilized CO2 foam: Stability and mobility control

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 449-460

  Farhadi, Hamed ^a   Riahi, Siavash ^a   Ayatollahi, Shahab ^b   Ahmadi, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

EOR; Foam; Mobility control; Nanoparticles; Stability; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; FOAMS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL WELL FLOODING; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY VISCOMETERS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MOBILITY CONTROL; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 84974817373     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2016.05.024     Document Type: Article

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