Modeling field-scale cosolvent flooding for DNAPL source zone remediation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Liang, Hailian ^a   Falta, Ronald W ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol flooding; Cosolvent flooding; DNAPL remediation; Multiphase flow; Numerical modeling; UTCHEM

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POROUS MATERIALS; REMEDIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALCOHOL FLOODING; COSOLVENT FLOODING; DNAPL REMEDIATION; UTCHEM;

FLOOD CONTROL;

ALCOHOL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; FLOOD CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POROUS MATERIALS; REMEDIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALCOHOL; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FLOODING; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WELL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FLOODING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER;

EID: 38849110828     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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