Enhancement of dilution and transverse reactive mixing in porous media: Experiments and model-based interpretation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 130-142

  Rolle, Massimo ^a   Eberhardt, Christina ^a   Chiogna, Gabriele ^a   Cirpka, Olaf A ^a   Grathwohl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laboratory experiments; Mixing; Numerical modeling; Reactive transport; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC WATER; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; CONTAMINANT PLUME; DIFFERENT SIZES; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FLOW FOCUSING; GLASS BEAD; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MASS FLUX; MIXING-CONTROLLED REACTION; MODEL-BASED; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PH INDICATOR; POROUS MEDIA; REACTION PARTNERS; REACTIVE MIXING; REACTIVE TRACER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL MOMENT; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; TRANSVERSE MIXING;

DISPERSIONS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW FIELDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EXPERIMENTS;

FLUORESCEIN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; GROUNDWATER; LABORATORY METHOD; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 71849092994     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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