Development of a mechanistic foam simulator: The population balance and generation by snap-off
@article{Falls1988DevelopmentOA,
title={Development of a mechanistic foam simulator: The population balance and generation by snap-off},
author={Andrew H. Falls and George J. Hirasaki and Tad W. Patzek and D. A. Gauglitz and D. D. Miller and T. Ratulowski},
journal={Spe Reservoir Engineering},
year={1988},
volume={3},
pages={884-892}
}La mobilite de la mousse depend de la distribution de la taille des bulles dans la dispersion. Pour tenir compte de ce parametre lors de la simulation du deplacement dans un milieu poreux, les equations de conservation de la matiere sont combinees aux bilans des densites de bulles immobiles et s'ecoulant dans la mousse. Cette approche de l'ecoulement de mousse est illustree par la simulation d'un deplacement pour lequel la mousse est produite in-situ
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