Using tracer technique to study the flow behavior of surfactant foam

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1232-1237

  Tsai, Yih Jin ^a   Chou, Feng Chih ^a   Cheng, Shin Jen ^a  

^a DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foam flow; Iron powder; Sandbox test; Surfactant foam; Tracer technique

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SOILS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FOAM DISTRIBUTIONS; FOAM FLOW; MICRO-SCALE; MIXED SOLUTIONS; SAND-BOX EXPERIMENTS; SANDBOX TEST; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATES; SURFACTANT FOAM; TRACER TECHNIQUE; TRACER TESTS;

CLAY MINERALS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); HYDROCARBONS; IRON POWDER; IRON POWDER METALLURGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POWDERS; REMEDIATION; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SOIL TESTING;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SURFACTANT; TRACER;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON; SURFACTANT; TESTING METHOD; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOAM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POWDER; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SOIL;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; PILOT PROJECTS; POWDERS; RHEOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 67349144630     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.12.038     Document Type: Article

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