[HTML][HTML] Liquid Foam: Fundamentals, Rheology, and Applications of Foam Displacement in Porous Structures

N Moradpour, J Yang, PA Tsai - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid foams, as colloidal systems comprising a dispersed gas phase within a continuous
liquid medium, exhibit unique structural and rheological properties beneficial for various …

A comparative analysis of the effect of nanoparticles/surfactant assisted foam injection on the gas mobility control at different heterogeneities

S Khandoozi, P Pourafshary, S Aidarova, A Sharipova - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Foam flooding is a popular method for increasing oil recovery in reservoirs with varying
levels of heterogeneity. One common foam flooding technique is surfactant-assisted foam …

Preparation of Superelastic, Durable, and Lightweight Composite Foams Based on Multiple Cross-Linked Network Regulated Structures

X Wang, Z Gong, Y Xu, X Chen… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The polymer material foaming technology plays an important role in energy conservation
and emission reduction. However, modulating the structure of rubber/plastic foams to …

Acrylamide-Based Active Quadripolymer as an Efficient and Robust Foam Enhancer for Gas Mobility Control

J Liu, S Liu, J Zou, Q Gao, X Xu, J Gu - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polymer-enhanced foam (PEF) can effectively improve the conformance profile and delay
the gas breakthrough during gas flooding, but it suffers from low foamability and poor …

Study on the Strengthening Mechanism of a MIBC–PEG Mixed Surfactant on Foam Stability

M Xu, F Guo, X Bao, X Gui, Y Xing, Y Cao - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the flotation process, the frother, which is typically a surfactant, can be added to the pulp to
reduce the surface tension and create stable foam. Currently, the nonionic mixed surfactant …

Experimental Study and Molecular Simulation of the Effect of Temperature on the Stability of Surfactant Foam

X Nie, S Liu, Z Dong, K Dong, Y Zhang, J Wang - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Temperature changes in CO2 foam-fracturing construction can easily affect surfactant foam
stability. To investigate the effect of temperature on the foam stability of different types of …

Performance Investigation of Asphaltene Adsorption at a Carbonate Rock Surface: Spectroscopy Experiment and Molecular Simulation

L Ma, Y Huang, H Wan, S Gong, C Shi, Y Li, C Liu… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Investigation of asphaltene adsorption at rock surfaces plays an important role in enhanced
oil recovery (EOR) for the petroleum industry. In this work, the interaction performances of …

The impact of chelating agent pH on the stability and viscosity of CO2 foam under harsh reservoir conditions

J Al-Darweesh, MS Aljawad, MS Kamal… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
The injection of CO 2 foam into the carbonate reservoir for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has
attracted special interest in the last decades; nevertheless, the understanding of the effect of …

An empirical model to represent the CMC behavior of aqueous solutions of homologous series of nonionic surfactants, related to its chemical constitution

NS Mousavi, A Romero-Martinez, R Miller - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC) is a fundamental property of surfactants in
(aqueous) solution. The importance of defining the CMC of an aqueous surfactant solution is …

Experimental and mechanism study of asphaltene on formation and stabilization of oil-based foam

S Chen, Y Lü, F Sheng, L He, X Qu, Z Zhang - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Stable foam will be generated in the separation equipment after pressure reduction of crude
oil, which reduce the separation efficiency and damage the power equipment. It is found that …