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


Numéro d'article		42
Nombre de pages		40
DOI		https://doi.org/10.2516/stet/2023036
Publié en ligne		22 décembre 2023

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