Optimizing separate phase light hydrocarbon recovery from contaminated unconfined aquifers

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 339-350

  Cooper Jr , Grant S ^a   Peralta, Richard C ^b   Kaluarachchi, Jagath J ^c  

^a Radian International LLC   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Free product; Groundwater; Hydrocarbons; Multiphase; Optimization

Indexed keywords

LIGHT NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (LNAPL); OIL SKIMMING; WATER PUMPING;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HYDROCARBONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SEPARATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FLOW; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBON; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; OIL RECOVERY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 0032052897     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1708(97)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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