Non-equilibrium alcohol flooding model for immiscible phase remediation: 2. Model development and application

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 663-678

  Reitsma, Stanley ^a,b   Kueper, Bernard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL FLOODING; DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL); PROPANOL; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

ALCOHOLS; ALGORITHMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE INTERFACES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

WATER TREATMENT;

POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION;

POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0032124563     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(97)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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