Different strategies of foam stabilization in the use of foam as a fracturing fluid

J Zhou, PG Ranjith, WAM Wanniarachchi - Advances in Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
An attractive alternative to mitigate the adverse effects of conventional water-based fluids on
the efficiency of hydraulic fracturing is to inject foam-based fracking fluids into reservoirs …

Advancing foam EOR: A comprehensive Examination of key parameters and mechanisms from surfactants to nanoparticles

NR Dadi, NK Maurya, P Gupta - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
Different enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been implemented in oil fields over the
past decades. Gas flooding is widely used, but its effectiveness is hindered by mobility …

Review on Foam-Assisted Gas Injection in Fractured Carbonates for Enhanced Oil Recovery

MI Youssif, M Piri, L Goual - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
Foam-assisted gas injection in fractured unconventional reservoirs has garnered
considerable attention as a result of its potential to address challenges associated with gas …

Methane foam performance evaluation in water-wet unconsolidated porous media: A systematic experimental investigation at elevated pressure and temperature …

S Le Van, MI Youssif, AS Hanamertani… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the petroleum industry, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques employ foam extensively
to establish conformance control in heterogeneous and fractured reservoirs in order to …

Stability and thinning behaviour of aqueous foam films containing fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon surfactant mixtures

X Yu, K Qiu, X Yu, Q Li, R Zong, S Lu - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The stability and thinning behaviour of the liquid foam film containing fluorocarbon and
hydrocarbon surfactant mixtures were investigated quantitatively by using the optical …

Comparative study on interfacial properties, foam stability, and firefighting performance of c6 fluorocarbon surfactants with different hydrophilic groups

X Yu, X Yu, Y Lin, H Li, G Li, R Zong - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid fuel is flammable and hazardous, and a pool fire is one of the most serious disasters.
Therefore, it is important to develop high-performance firefighting agents. To synthesize …

Effects of silica nanoparticles and polymers on foam stability with sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate in water–liquid paraffin oil emulsions at high temperatures

A Srivastava, W Qiao, Y Wu, X Li, L Bao… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The foam stability of oil–water emulsions stabilised by various surface-active components at
high temperature is one of the major problems facing foam-flooding petroleum recovery …

Properties of lightweight fibrous structures made by a novel foam forming technique

SR Burke, ME Möbius, T Hjelt, S Hutzler - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
We describe a novel method for the production of lightweight fibrous structures of densities
as low as 8.8 kg m^-3-3. The method is based on the use of liquid foam as a carrier medium …

The effect of PVA foaming characteristics on foam forming

Q Hou, X Wang - Cellulose, 2017 - Springer
Foam forming is a promising papermaking technology, which can reduce water and energy
consumption while saving raw material. It can be used to produce low quantity thick special …

[HTML][HTML] Destabilising persistent coal froth using silicone oil

S Liu, X Chen, Y Peng - International Journal of Mining Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Persistent froth is becoming more and more common in coal and mineral flotation plants and
presents safety and operational challenges. No effective method has been developed to …