Development of a Mechanistic Foam Simulator: The Population Balance and Generation by Snap-Off
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Reservoir Engineering
- Vol. 3 (03) , 884-892
- https://doi.org/10.2118/14961-pa
Abstract
Summary: The mobility of a foam depends heavily on its texture, which is the distribution of bubble sizes in the dispersion. To incorporate this variable in a mechanistic simulator, the usual conservation equations are coupled with balances on the densities of flowing and stationary bubbles in the foam. This approach to modeling foam flow is illustrated with a simulation of a displacement in which foam is generated in situ by capillary snap-off.Keywords
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