Modeling multi-component transport and enhanced anaerobic dechlorination processes in a single fracture-clay matrix system

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 77-90

  Chambon, Julie C ^a   Broholm, Mette M ^a   Binning, Philip J ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorinated ethenes; Fractured clay; Mass flux; Modeling; Reactive transport; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED ETHENES; FRACTURED CLAY; MASS FLUX; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CLAY PRODUCTS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; REACTION RATES; REMEDIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECHLORINATION; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHYLENE; INHIBITION; LEACHING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; SIMULATION; SOLVENT;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLEACHING; BIOREMEDIATION; CLAY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL KINETICS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

ANAEROBIOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 76049084477     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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