A functional relation for field-scale nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution developed using a pore network model

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 89-119

  Dillard, Leslie A ^a,c   Essaid, Hedeff I ^b   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Systems Technology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved materials; Mass transfer; NAPL; Oil water interface; Simulation

Indexed keywords

OIL; WATER;

DISSOLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POREWATER;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYSTERESIS; LIQUID; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUBILITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0035136373     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(00)00171-6     Document Type: Article

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