Rheological behavior of aqueous foams at high pressure

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 162, Issue , 2018, Pages 214-224

  Firoze Akhtar, Tarek ^a   Ahmed, Ramadan ^a   Elgaddafi, Rida ^a   Shah, Subhash ^a   Amani, Mahmmod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam; Friction pressure loss; Non Newtonian fluid; Rheology; Wall slip; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FOAMS; GASES; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); LUBRICATION; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRICTION PRESSURE LOSS; LIQUID PHASE VISCOSITY; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OIL FIELD APPLICATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; WALL SLIP;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

FOAM; FRICTION; HIGH PRESSURE; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 85040559444     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.12.050     Document Type: Article

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