Field scale impacts of spatially correlated relative permeability in heterogeneous multiphase systems

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1144-1159

  Grant, G P ^a   Gerhard, J I ^a   Kueper, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminant migration rates; DNAPL; Numerical modeling; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONTAMINANT MIGRATION RATES; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; NONWETTING PHASE;

FLOW OF WATER;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33847336022     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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