Modeling NAPL dissolution fingering with upscaled mass transfer rate coefficients

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1097-1111

  Imhoff, Paul T ^a   Farthing, Matthew W ^b   Miller, Cass T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Non aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs); Preferential flow; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

DISSOLUTION FINGERS;

MASS TRANSFER;

DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

EID: 0141650322     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(03)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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