Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media

Abstract Foam can be used for gas mobility control in different subsurface applications. The success of foam-injection process depends on foam-generation and propagation rate inside the porous medium. In some cases, foam properties depend on the history of the flow or concentration of the surfactant...

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Autores principales:	S. Kahrobaei, S. Vincent-Bonnieu, R. Farajzadeh
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ab72169e939a46c991743c2275dd6f812021-12-02T11:51:01ZExperimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media10.1038/s41598-017-09589-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/ab72169e939a46c991743c2275dd6f812017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09589-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Foam can be used for gas mobility control in different subsurface applications. The success of foam-injection process depends on foam-generation and propagation rate inside the porous medium. In some cases, foam properties depend on the history of the flow or concentration of the surfactant, i.e., the hysteresis effect. Foam may show hysteresis behavior by exhibiting multiple states at the same injection conditions, where coarse-textured foam is converted into strong foam with fine texture at a critical injection velocity or pressure gradient. This study aims to investigate the effects of injection velocity and surfactant concentration on foam generation and hysteresis behavior as a function of foam quality. We find that the transition from coarse-foam to strong-foam (i.e., the minimum pressure gradient for foam generation) is almost independent of flowrate, surfactant concentration, and foam quality. Moreover, the hysteresis behavior in foam generation occurs only at high-quality regimes and when the pressure gradient is below a certain value regardless of the total flow rate and surfactant concentration. We also observe that the rheological behavior of foam is strongly dependent on liquid velocity.S. KahrobaeiS. Vincent-BonnieuR. FarajzadehNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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description	Abstract Foam can be used for gas mobility control in different subsurface applications. The success of foam-injection process depends on foam-generation and propagation rate inside the porous medium. In some cases, foam properties depend on the history of the flow or concentration of the surfactant, i.e., the hysteresis effect. Foam may show hysteresis behavior by exhibiting multiple states at the same injection conditions, where coarse-textured foam is converted into strong foam with fine texture at a critical injection velocity or pressure gradient. This study aims to investigate the effects of injection velocity and surfactant concentration on foam generation and hysteresis behavior as a function of foam quality. We find that the transition from coarse-foam to strong-foam (i.e., the minimum pressure gradient for foam generation) is almost independent of flowrate, surfactant concentration, and foam quality. Moreover, the hysteresis behavior in foam generation occurs only at high-quality regimes and when the pressure gradient is below a certain value regardless of the total flow rate and surfactant concentration. We also observe that the rheological behavior of foam is strongly dependent on liquid velocity.
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title	Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media
title_short	Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media
title_full	Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media
title_fullStr	Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media
title_full_unstemmed	Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media
title_sort	experimental study of hysteresis behavior of foam generation in porous media
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Experimental Study of Hysteresis behavior of Foam Generation in Porous Media

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