Evaluation of five strategies to limit the impact of fouling in permeable reactive barriers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 170-180

  Li, Lin ^a   Benson, Craig H ^b  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Fouling; Heterogeneity; Permeable reactive barrier; Reactive transport; Residence time

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODEL; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYDROXIDE IONS; IRON CORROSION; IRON SURFACE; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PH ADJUSTMENT; POROSITY REDUCTION; PRE-TREATMENT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; RESIDENCE TIME; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; ZEROVALENT IRONS;

CORROSION; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; MODELS; POROSITY; SILICATE MINERALS;

FOULING;

GROUND WATER; HYDROXIDE; IRON;

ALGORITHM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; IRON; PERMEABILITY; PH; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTIVE BARRIER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; CORROSION; ESOPHAGUS BURN; FOULING CONTROL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; PH; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; WATER FLOW; ALGORITHM; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 77954538838     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.113     Document Type: Article

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