Coupled water and air flows through a bioremediation soil pile

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-47

  Kodres, C A ^a  

^a NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopile; Contaminated soil; Ex situ bioremediation; Model; Multiphase flow; Soil pile

Indexed keywords

BIOPILE; BIOREMEDIATION; MODEL;

BIOREMEDIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL RESTORATION; BIOPILES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE PILEFLOW;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR FLOW; BIOREMEDIATION; MODELING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER;

EID: 0344507104     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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