A parameter study of the two-phase ground water transport in the soil surrounding a growing hemispherical in Situ Vitrification melt

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 335, Issue , 1996, Pages 75-81

  Schreiber, W C ^a   Lowery, P S ^b   Roberts, J S ^b  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; VAPORS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DARCY EQUATION; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; GROWING MELT; IN SITU VITRIFICATION MELT; WATER VAPOR;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

EID: 0030384906     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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8. Schreiber, W. C., "A Computer Model for Predicting Two-Phase Ground Water Transport in the Soil Surrounding a Growing Melt in the In Situ Vitrification Process", to be presented at the 1996 National Heat Transfer Conference, Houston, TX, 1996.