Yield stress of foam flow in porous media: The effect of bubble trapping
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Author(s)
Zhang, Haosen
Brito-Parada, Pablo R
Neethling, Stephen J
Wang, Yanghua
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Foam behaves as a yield-stress fluid as it flows in a porous medium. Quasi-static analysis suggests that the yield stress arises from the non-smooth motion of foam films, denoted as lamellae, in pores. In order to study the effect of trapped lamellae on the motion of a moving lamella and consequently on the yield stress of foam, we conduct numerical simulations in the quasi-static limit. We propose a new method utilizing the surface energy minimization algorithm, which explicitly considers the connectivity of pores in a porous medium. We consider two different shapes of pore and vary the number of nearby trapped lamellae to investigate the effects of bubble trapping on the non-smooth and the smooth motion of a single lamella passing through a pore, respectively. We find that the trapped lamellae lead to the increased volume-averaged pressure drop and thus the increased yield stress. Notably, the motion of a lamella through a pore with rounded corners in the pore body becomes non-smooth, due to the presence of trapped lamellae. The results contribute to a better understanding of the yield stress of foam in porous media.
Date Issued
2022-12-20
Date Acceptance
2022-09-25
Citation
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2022, 655, pp.1-12
ISSN
0927-7757
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Volume
655
Copyright Statement
Crown Copyright © 2022 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775722020015
Subjects
Chemical Physics
02 Physical Sciences
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 130246
Date Publish Online
2022-09-29