FoamScan Extreme™ - foam analysis under extreme conditions

Understand your foam behavior at high pressures and temperatures.

Foam Analysis at Extreme Environmental Conditions

The FoamScan HTHP is designed to characterize the properties of aqueous foam generated by sparging a gas through a liquid under extreme temperatures and pressure conditions.

Measure foam stability and foamability at temperatures up to 200 °C (392 degrees Fahrenheit) and high pressure up to 100 bar (1450 psi).

To withstand these extreme environmental conditions, the FoamScan HTHP is outfitted with a specially designed Inconel cell. Foam generation, analytical setup, and capabilities are similar to the standard FoamScan.

The gas is injected through the glass frit and precisely controlled by a flowmeter. Stainless steel electrodes and image analysis measure foam and liquid volumes. Accurate temperature control is achieved by an oil circulation heater built into the environmental chamber walls. the cell pressure is kept constant during the measurement.

For ease of use, the column can be cleaned via user-defined rinsing cycles at the end of each measurement.

In addition to working with gases in their standard temperature and regime region, the FoamScan HTHP can also be outfitted so you can work with supercritical CO2.

Complete Foam Analysis under Extreme Conditions

Like the FoamScan™, the FoamScan™ HTHP allows you to analyze the complete life cycle of your foam on a macro and micro-scale and do so under extreme conditions.

  • Liquid volume

  • Foam volume

  • Foam density

  • Foam stability

  • Liquid fraction (liquid drainage)

  • Bikerman Index

  • Foam Capacity

  • Expansion Coefficient

  • Conductance

  • Foam maximum density

  • Foam Stability Index

  • Bubble Size

  • Bubble Size Distributions