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Relationship between Blocking Performance and Foam Texture in Porous Media
Joint Authors
Wang, Zhuangzhuang
Li, Zhaomin
Chen, Hailong
Wang, Fei
Hou, Dawei
Xu, Yajie
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-01-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Foam is widely used as a selective blocking agent through mobility control in oil field development.
Its flow behavior in porous media has been investigated sufficiently, but few studies were carried out to understand the change of foam texture in flow.
In this work, sandpack and micromodel experiments were conducted simultaneously to analyze foam flow behavior from the perspective of foam texture.
Based on the measured flowing pressure and the observed foam image, the correlation between blocking pressure and foam texture was quantitatively investigated.
The blocking pressure has a strong correlation with average diameter (-0.906) and variation coefficient (-0.78) and has a positive correlation with the filling ratio (0.84).
These indicate that the blocking performance of foam is influenced by its texture closely.
But path analysis shows only that the average diameter and variation coefficient have a significant direct effect on blocking pressure (-0.624 and -0.404).
These show that the blocking capacity of foam is mainly influenced by the size and uniformity of bubbles.
Tiny, dense, and homogeneous foam has a stronger blocking capacity.
This study provides a deep insight of foam flow in porous media.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Zhuangzhuang& Li, Zhaomin& Chen, Hailong& Wang, Fei& Hou, Dawei& Xu, Yajie. 2019. Relationship between Blocking Performance and Foam Texture in Porous Media. Geofluids،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154098
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Zhuangzhuang…[et al.]. Relationship between Blocking Performance and Foam Texture in Porous Media. Geofluids No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154098
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Zhuangzhuang& Li, Zhaomin& Chen, Hailong& Wang, Fei& Hou, Dawei& Xu, Yajie. Relationship between Blocking Performance and Foam Texture in Porous Media. Geofluids. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1154098
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1154098