Role of Gas Type on Foam Transport in Porous Media

Yongchao Zeng; Rouhi Farajzadeh; Ehsan Eftekhari; Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu; Aarthi Muthuswamy; Bill Rossen; GJ Hirasaki; SL Biswal

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00949

Role of Gas Type on Foam Transport in Porous Media

Yongchao Zeng, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Ehsan Eftekhari, Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu, Aarthi Muthuswamy, Bill Rossen, GJ Hirasaki, SL Biswal

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We present the results of an experimental investigation of the effect of gas type and composition on foam transport in porous media. Steadystate foam strengths with respect to three cases of distinct gases and two cases containing binary mixtures of these gases were compared. The effects of gas solubility, the stability of lamellae, and the gas diffusion rate across the lamellae were examined. Our experimental results showed that the steady-state foam strength is inversely correlated with the gas permeability across a liquid lamella, a parameter that characterizes the rate of mass transport. The results are also in good agreement with existing observations that the foam strength for a mixture of gases is correlated with the less soluble component. Three hypotheses with different predictions of the underlying mechanism that explain the role of gas type and composition in foam strength are discussed in detail.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6239-6245
Number of pages	7
Journal	Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Volume	32
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00949
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Role of Gas Type on Foam Transport in Porous Media

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