Air flow paths and porosity/permeability change in a saturated zone during in situ air sparging

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 315-323

  Tsai, Yih Jin ^a  

^a DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air flow path; Air sparging; Permeability change; Porosity change; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

AIR SPARGING; BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; POROSITY CHANGE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; AIR SPARGING; AIRFLOW; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FLOW PATTERN; PHREATIC ZONE; POROSITY; SATURATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; FLOW KINETICS; IN SITU AIR SPARGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AIR; PERMEABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL;

EID: 33947209516     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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