Pore network simulation of the dissolution of a single-component wetting nonaqueous phase liquid

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Zhao, W ^a   Ioannidis, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Film; Mass transfer; NAPL dissolution; Pore scale model; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROSITY;

GLASS MICROMODELS; PORE NETWORK SIMULATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION; WETTING;

EID: 1542437228     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001861     Document Type: Article

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