Influence of flow focusing on transverse mixing in heterogeneous porous media: Laboratory experiments and model-based interpretation

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 324, 2008, Pages 348-355

  Rolle, M ^a   Eberhardt, C ^a   Grathwohl, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow focusing; Mixing; Numerical modelling; Tank experiment; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE REACTIONS; ACIDIC WATERS; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIGITAL IMAGES; FLOW FOCUSING; GLASS BEADS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIAS; HIGH PERMEABILITIES; HIGH QUALITY DATUM; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MIXING PROCESS; MODEL-BASED; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; PH INDICATORS; POROUS MEDIAS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATIONS; REACTIVE TRACERS; TANK EXPERIMENT; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; TRANSVERSE MIXING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PH; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 62949186640     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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