Foams

Explores foam fundamentals including bulk foam stability and antifoaming, foams in porous media, and foam sensitivity to oil in porous media. The book also discusses the application of foams to improving oil recovery in porous media and presents the application of foams to oilwells. Top page

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This work explores foam fundamentals including bulk foam stability and antifoaming, foams in porous media, and foam sensitivity to oil in porous media. The book also discusses the application of foams to improving oil recovery in porous media, presents the application of foams to oilwell and near-well petroleum production, describes foams in surface processes, and includes a comprehensive glossary of foam terminology. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: American Chemical Society

City: Washington

Pages: 568

More info: height 229 mm width 152 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey: 541.34514

Summary Foams Part 1 Foam fundamentals: foams - basic principles, Laurier L. Schramm and Fred Wassmuth; mechanisms of aqueous foam stability and antifoaming action with and without oil - a thin-film approach, D.T. Wasan et al; fundamentals of foam transport in porous media, A.R. Kovscek and C.J. Radke; foam sensitivity to crude oil in porous media, Laurier L. Schramm. Part 2 Enhancing oil recovery from porous media testing foams: CO2 foams in enhanced oil recovery, John P. Heller; steam-foams for heavy oil and bitumen recovery, E.E. Isaacs et al; adsorption of foam-forming surfactants for hydrocarbon-miscible flooding at high salinities, Karin Mannhardt and Jerry J. Novosad. Part 3 Near-well and oilwell applications of foam: gas-blocking foams, Jan Erik Hanssen and Mariann Dalland; foams for well stimulation, David J. Chambers; role of nonpolar foams in production of heavy oils, Brij B. Maini and Hemanta Sarma. Part 4 Foams in surface facilities: bituminous froths in the hot-water flotation process, Robert C. Shaw et al; antifoaming and defoaming in refineries, V.E. Lewis and W.F. Minyard. Top page

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