Tracking colloid transport in porous media using discrete flow fields and sensitivity of simulated colloid deposition to space discretization

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1274-1280

  Li, Zhelong ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a   Li, Xiqing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID DEPOSITION; COLLOID RETENTION; COLLOID TRANSPORT; COMPUTATION CAPACITY; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; DENSE PACKING; DISCRETE FLOW; DISCRETIZATIONS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FLOW VORTICES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SURFACE; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRACKING MODELS; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; RETENTION PROCESS; SIMPLE CUBIC; SIMULATED FLUIDS; SPACE DISCRETIZATIONS; SUBMICROMETERS;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY;

COLLOID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW;

COLLOIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY;

EID: 77249123431     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9027716     Document Type: Article

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