Foam placement for soil remediation: scaling foam flow models in heterogeneous porous media for a better improvement of sweep efficiency | Science and Technology for Energy Transition (STET)

Characterization and Modeling of the Subsurface in the Context of Ecological Transition

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Issue		Sci. Tech. Energ. Transition Volume 78, 2023 Characterization and Modeling of the Subsurface in the Context of Ecological Transition


Article Number		42
Number of page(s)		40
DOI		https://doi.org/10.2516/stet/2023036
Published online		22 December 2023

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