Modeling unstable alcohol flooding of DNAPL-contaminated columns

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 803-819

  Roeder, Eberhard ^a   Falta, Ronald W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol flooding; Compositional; Displacement instability; DNAPL; Multicomponent

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

ALCOHOL FLOODING;

ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOL; FLOOD; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 0035398559     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(00)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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