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FOAM FLOW THROUGH A TRANSPARENT ROUGH-WALLED ROCK FRACTURE

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This paper presents an experimental study of nitrogen, water, and aqueous foam flow through a transparent replica of a natural rough-walled rock fracture with a hydraulic aperture of roughly 30 ?m. It is established that single-phase flow of both nitrogen and water is well described by analogy to flow between parallel plates. Inertial effects caused by fracture roughness become important in single-phase flow as the Reynolds number approaches 1. Foam exhibits effective control of gas mobility. Foam flow resistances are approximately 10 to 20 times greater than those of nitrogen over foam qualities spanning from 0.60 to 0.99 indicating effective gas-mobility control. Because previous studies of foam flow have focused mainly upon unfractured porous media, little information is available about foam flow mechanisms in fractured media. The transparency of the fracture allowed flow visualization and demonstrated that foam rheology in fractured media depends upon bubble shape and size. Changes in flow behavior are directly tied to transitions in bubble morphology.

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Last Updated September 29, 2016, 14:50 (LMT)
Created September 29, 2016, 14:50 (LMT)
Citation A. Kovscek, D. Tretheway, C. Radke, P. Persoff ---- Roy Long, FOAM FLOW THROUGH A TRANSPARENT ROUGH-WALLED ROCK FRACTURE, 2016-09-29, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/foam-flow-through-a-transparent-rough-walled-rock-fracture
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Poc Email Roy.long@netl.doe.gov
Point Of Contact Roy Long
Program Or Project KMD
Publication Date 1995-7-1