Numerical simulation of reactive processes in an experiment with partially saturated bentonite

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 122-147

  Xie, Mingliang ^a   Bauer, Sebastian ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a   Nowak, Thomas ^b   Shao, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Geochemical reaction; Non isothermal reactive transport; Numerical modelling; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISSOLUTION; HEATING; HYDRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; NON-ISOTHERMAL REACTIVE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODELING;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEATING; HYDRATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TEMPERATURE;

BENTONITE; BUFFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; ION EXCHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 29844458323     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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