화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.37, 268-276, May, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.03.041  Export Citation
Effect of surfactant concentration on foam: From coreflood experiments to implicit-texture foam-model parameters
S.A. Jones1, †, G. Laskaris1, S. Vincent-Bonnieu1, 2, R. Farajzadeh1, 2, and W.R. Rossen1
  • 1Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
  • 2Shell Global Solutions International, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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We present a comparative study of foam coreflood experiments with various surfactant concentrations. Plots of apparent viscosity vs. injected gas fraction were obtained for surfactant concentrations at the critical micelle concentration and above. Bulk foam stability was measured for all concentrations and compared with the coreflood results. There were different responses to surfactant concentration in bulk and in corefloods. The coreflood results were matched with an implicit-texture foam model, and the dependency of the model parameters on the surfactant concentration is discussed. Fitting the data requires relating the surfactant concentration to the dry-out function or the limiting capillary pressure.
Keywords:Enhanced oil recovery;Foam;Core flood;Implicit-texture foam model;Surfactant concentration
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