Predicted heating patterns during steam flooding of coastal plain sediments at the Savannah River Site

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-69

  Ochs, Steffen O ^a   Hodges, Rex A ^b   Falta, Ronald W ^b   Kmetz, Thomas F ^c   Kupar, James J ^c   Brown, Norman N ^d   Parkinson, David L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bechtel Savannah River Inc   (United States)

^d Integrated Water Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Multiphase flow; Remediation; Steam

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STEAM INJECTION;

COASTAL PLAIN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STEAM INJECTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037768485     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/9.1.51     Document Type: Article

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