[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 …

Combined effects of nanoparticles and surfactants upon foam stability

MJ Shojaei, Y Méheust, A Osman, P Grassia… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
We investigate effects of surfactants with different charges (anionic, cationic, and non-ionic)
on foam stability in the presence of charge-stabilized silica (SiO 2) nanoparticles. Toward …

Probing the role of associative polymer on scCO2-Foam strength and rheology enhancement in bulk and porous media for improving oil displacement efficiency

AS Hanamertani, S Ahmed - Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Foam mobility control technique has been extensively applied to encounter unfavorable
sweep efficiency during CO 2 injection in heterogeneous reservoirs. Harsh reservoir …

Supercritical CO2 Foam Stabilized by a Viscoelastic Surfactant in Fractured Porous Media: The Effect of Fracture Surface Roughness

Y Yu, S Saraji - Energy & Fuels, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Foam flooding has been used for gas conformance control during enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) in heterogeneous reservoirs. The application of foam flooding in naturally or …

Morphological patterns and interface instability during withdrawal of liquid-particle mixtures

D Li, Z Yang, R Zhang, R Hu, YF Chen - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Hypothesis The stability of fluid–fluid interface is key to control the displacement efficiency in
multiphase flow. The existence of particles can alter the interfacial dynamics and induce …

CO2 foam rheology in rough shale and sandstone fractures at elevated temperatures

A Radhakrishnan, B Chang, D DiCarlo, M Prodanović - Fuel, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Fractures are ubiquitous in subsurface as well as range of industrial applications and often
the main paths for fluids. Their geometry and roughness have a first-order impact on stability …

Foam generation and stability: Role of the surfactant structure and asphaltene aggregates

S Alexander, AR Barron, N Denkov… - Industrial & …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding how the surfactant molecular structure affects foam stability is important in
various applications, such as soil remediation, the food industry, enhanced oil recovery, and …

Experimental study of non-Newtonian behavior of foam flow in highly permeable porous media

S Omirbekov, H Davarzani… - Industrial & …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Foam-flow behavior in highly permeable porous media is still unclear. Two types of
pregenerated foam using porous columns filled with fine sand and 1 mm glass beads were …

A numerical investigation into the influence of the surfactant injection technique on the foam flow in heterogeneous porous media

FF de Paula, I Igreja, T Quinelato, G Chapiro - Advances in Water …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
We propose a sequential algorithm to investigate the influence of surfactant injection on
foam-induced mobility reduction in two-phase liquid–gas flows in highly heterogeneous …

[HTML][HTML] CO2 foam structure and displacement dynamics in a Hele–Shaw cell

N Moradpour, R Azadi, PA Tsai - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
The substitution of CO 2 gas with CO 2 foam for improved mobility control has recently
attracted research attentions in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as well as aquifer and soil …