Experimental and numerical investigation of DNAPL dissolution processes in a laboratory aquifer model

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 88-96

  Clement, T Prabhakar ^a,b,c   Kim, Yong Cheol ^d   Gautam, Tirtha R ^a,e   Lee, Kang Kun ^d,f  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL); TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

DISSOLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DISSOLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 11144317894     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2004.tb01306.x     Document Type: Article

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