Channel flow and trichloroethylene treatment in a partly iron-filled fracture: Experimental and model results

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 284-303

  Cai, Zuansi ^a   Merly, Corrine ^a   Thomson, Neil R ^b   Wilson, Ryan D ^a   Lerner, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Fracture; Fracture reactive barrier; Lumped parameter; Modelling; TCE treatment; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODEL; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; LUMPED PARAMETER; TCE TREATMENT; UNIFORM FRACTURE; UNIFORM THICKNESS; ZERO VALENT IRON;

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

WATER TREATMENT;

IRON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER TREATMENT;

CHANNEL FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MASS TRANSFER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FLOW RATE; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IRON; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34247579441     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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