Modeling multiphase contaminant transport in porous media using first-order mass transfer kinetics

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1935-1945

  Rahbeh, Michel E ^a   Mohtar, Rabi H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Finite element; First order mass transfer; Multiphase contaminant transport; Numerical modeling; Soil vapor extraction

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; VAPORIZATION; VAPORS;

AIR SPARGING; MULTIPHASE CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION (SVE);

IMPURITIES;

AIR SPARGING; EXTRACTION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTION KINETICS; TOLUENE;

EID: 33947173240     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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