Microscopic Modeling of Air Migration during Air Sparging

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-79

  Gao, Shengyan ^a,b   Meegoda, Jay N ^a,b   Hu, Liming ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Critical size of bubble; Flow pattern transition; Network model; Pore level study

Indexed keywords

AIR SPARGING; CRITICAL SIZE; FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION; NETWORK MODEL; PORE LEVEL STUDY;

FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; PLASTIC FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR;

CLEANUP; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROSCOPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 80053061779     PISSN: 21535493     EISSN: 21535515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000063     Document Type: Article

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