Impact of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) source zone architecture on mass removal mechanisms in strongly layered heterogeneous porous media during soil vapor extraction

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 58-71

  Yoon, Hongkyu ^a   Werth, Charles J ^a   Valocchi, Albert J ^a   Oostrom, Mart ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiphase flow; NAPL mass transfer; Nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL); Soil vapor extraction (SVE); STOMP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CAPILLARITY; CEMENTS; CONSERVATION; DESORPTION; DEWATERING; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GASES; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANISMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SOLIDS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT; WATER WELLS;

DOMINANT FACTORS; GAS FLOWING; GAS PHASE; GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; HIGH WATER; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIONS; LOW PERMEABILITY ZONES; LOW TO HIGH; LOW-PERMEABILITY (L-P); NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (LNAPL); OVERALL MASS; RELA TIVE PERMEABILITY; REMOVAL MECHANISMS; REMOVAL TIME; SATURATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT GRAINS; SLOW DESORPTION; SLOW DIFFUSION; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION (SVE); SOURCE ZONE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; VADOSE ZONES; WATER INFILTRATIONS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; GAS FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSFER; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 48349105783     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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