Enhanced remedial amendment delivery to subsurface using shear thinning fluid and aqueous foam

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 249-257

  Zhong, Lirong ^a   Szecsody, Jim ^a   Oostrom, Mart ^a   Truex, Mike ^a   Shen, Xin ^b   Li, Xiqing ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delivery; Foam; Heterogeneity; Remedial amendment; Shear thinning fluid; Subsurface remediation; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; HETEROGENEITY; REMEDIAL AMENDMENT; SHEAR THINNING FLUID; SUBSURFACE REMEDIATION; VADOSE ZONE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DIRECT INJECTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

SHEAR FLOW;

POLYMER; SHEAR THINNING FLUID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SHEAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOAM; MOBILIZATION; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 79957779123     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.04.074     Document Type: Article

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