Dissolution of residual non-aqueous phase liquids in porous media: Pore-scale mechanisms and mass transfer rates

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-49

  Sahloul, N A ^a   Ioannidis, M A ^a   Chatzis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Film flow; Mass transfer; NAPL dissolution; Pore network; Porous media; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETTING;

NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL);

POROUS MATERIALS;

DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PORE SIZE; POROUS MEDIUM;

DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0036149184     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(01)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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