Upscaling of nonwetting phase residual transport in porous media: A network approach

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 309-353

  Ahmadi, A ^a   Aigueperse, A ^b   Quintard, M ^c  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^b ATI Services   (France)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Local mass non equilibrium; NAPL transport; Network modeling; Upscaling; Volume averaging method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISPERSIONS; TENSORS;

RESIDUAL TRANSPORT;

POROSITY;

FLOW ANALYSIS; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; SCALING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UPSCALING;

EID: 0035338595     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010734621755     Document Type: Article

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