Foam-driven fracture [Applied Physical Sciences]

In hydraulic fracturing, water is injected at high pressure to crack shale formations. More sustainable techniques use aqueous foams as injection fluids to reduce the water use and wastewater treatment of conventional hydrofractures. However, the physical mechanism of foam fracturing remains poorly understood, and this lack of understanding extends to...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - August 7, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ching-Yao Lai, Bhargav Rallabandi, Antonio Perazzo, Zhong Zheng, Samuel E. Smiddy, Howard A. Stone Tags: Physical Sciences Source Type: research