High temperature ultralow water content carbon dioxide-in-water foam stabilized with viscoelastic zwitterionic surfactants

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 488, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-91

  Alzobaidi, Shehab ^a   Da, Chang ^a   Tran, Vu ^a   Prodanović, Maša ^a   Johnston, Keith P ^a  

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

Author keywords

CO2 in water foam; Foam stability; High internal phase foam; Surfactant stabilized foam; Viscoelastic; Viscosity; Wormlike micelles

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FILMS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MICELLES; OIL WELL FLOODING; OSTWALD RIPENING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

FOAM STABILITY; INTERNAL PHASE; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED; VISCOELASTIC; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

FOAMS;

AMPHOLYTE; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYMER; SURFACTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; FOAM; FOAM STABILITY; FRACKING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SALINITY; SHEAR RATE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84994644342     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.054     Document Type: Article

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