A physically based model of dissolution of nonaqueous phase liquids in the saturated zone

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-255

  Zhou, Dengen ^a,b   Dillard, Leslie A ^a,c   Blunt, Martin J ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blob; Bundle of parallel pores in series; Corner diffusion; Dissolution; Dissolution rate coefficient; Ganglia; Mixing and multiple contact; NAPL; Pore diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PECLET NUMBER; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0034103752     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006693126316     Document Type: Article

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