A fully coupled numerical model for two-phase flow with contaminant transport biodegradation kinetics

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 325-336

  Gallo, Claudio ^a   Manzini, Gianmarco ^b  

^a CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Finite volumes; Mixed finite elements; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE PARTITIONING; PROCESS DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FINITE VOLUME DISCRETIZATION; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; LIQUID-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

BIOREMEDIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0035336223     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.409     Document Type: Article

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