Issue 7, 2020

Characterization of foam flowing in a granular medium in the presence of oil by small angle neutron scattering

Abstract

We present an experimental study of foam-flow characterization inside a 3D granular medium packed in a cell. The foam is formed by coinjecting a surfactant solution and gas inside a cell filled with silica grains. The porous medium is initially saturated with dodecane and water before the gas–surfactant coinjection. To simplify the interpretation of the measurements, a contrast matching methodology has been applied in order to obtain a two phase system regarding the scattering length density values. The combination of transmission and incoherent scattering allows us to estimate the volume fractions of each phase, whereas the coherent scattering is used to estimate the surface to volume ratio S/V related to water–oil and water–gas interfaces. Considering the evolution of S/V ratio, volume fractions and pressure difference, we infer some mechanisms of foam generation and transportation as well as oil removal.

Graphical abstract: Characterization of foam flowing in a granular medium in the presence of oil by small angle neutron scattering

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Sep 2019
Accepted
15 Jan 2020
First published
16 Jan 2020

Soft Matter, 2020,16, 1771-1778

Characterization of foam flowing in a granular medium in the presence of oil by small angle neutron scattering

R. Poryles, T. Chevalier, N. Gland, E. Rosenberg and L. Barré, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 1771 DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01936G

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