Role of fluid elasticity and viscous instabilities in proppant transport in hydraulic fractures

Role of fluid elasticity and viscous instabilities in proppant transport in hydraulic fractures

This dissertation presents an experimental investigation of fluid flow, proppant settling and horizontal proppant transport in hydraulic fractures. The work is divided into two major sections: investigation of proppant settling in polymer-free surfactant-based viscoelastic (VES) fluids and developme...

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Main Author: Malhotra, Sahil
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Proppant settling
Fluid elasticity
Viscous fingers
Mixing zone
Alternate-slug fracturing
Proppant transport
Hydraulic fractures
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/21394

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