%P 163-180
%T Foam flow in porous media: Concepts, models and challenges
%I Elsevier B.V.
%V 53
%A H. Hematpur
%A S.M. Mahmood
%A N.H. Nasr
%A K.A. Elraies
%O cited By 58
%J Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
%L scholars10344
%D 2018
%R 10.1016/j.jngse.2018.02.017
%X This paper aims to elaborate foam concepts and foam flow modeling approaches in porous media. Furthermore, this review summarizes and compares all existing foam models approaches including Mechanistic, Semi-Empirical and Empirical. Finally, it discusses foam models in different reservoir simulators in detail and presents different approaches for obtaining models� parameters in simulators. The comparison results showed that Emprical models are more suitable for simulation study due to less required paramters and faster calculation; however, these models might not be a appropriate in transient foam flow. Moreover, the challenges about he results of this review provide an valuble insight about foam behaiviour. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
%K Flow control; Flow of fluids; Porous materials, Comparison result; Foam flooding; Foam flow; Mobility control; Model parameters; Reservoir simulator; Semi-empirical; Simulation studies, Foam control