Simulating the evolution of an ethanol and gasoline source zone within the capillary fringe

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Yu, Soonyoung ^a   Freitas, Juliana G ^a   Unger, Andre J A ^a   Barker, James F ^a   Chatzis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosolvency; Ethanol; Gasoline; Interfacial tension; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS PHASIS; CAPILLARY FRINGES; CO SOLVENTS; COSOLVENCY; DATA GAPS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; FUEL OXYGENATE; GASOLINE FUELS; INTERFACIAL TENSION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID PHASIS; NON-AQUEOUS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REMOBILIZATION; RISK-BASED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; SOURCE ZONES; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BLENDING; CAPILLARITY; DISSOLUTION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUIDS; METAL RECOVERY; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

ETHANOL;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; CAPILLARY FRINGE; DISSOLUTION; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOBILIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; SURFACE TENSION; WATER TABLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; FRESH WATER; GASOLINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 59649116850     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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