Hot water flushing for immiscible displacement of a viscous NAPL

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 247-266

  O'Carroll, Denis M ^a   Sleep, Brent E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hot water flooding; Multiphase flow; Numerical model; Viscous NAPL

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

HOT WATER FLOODING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL); TWO-DIMENSIONAL SANDBOX;

WATER TREATMENT;

HOT WATER;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

FLUSHING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMEDIATION; SATURATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER IMMERSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34147093828     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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