Laboratory experiments on DNAPL gravity fingering in water-saturated porous media

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-92

  Nsir, Khalifa ^a   Schäfer, Gerhard ^a   Roupert, Raphaël di Chiara ^a   Razakarisoa, Olivier ^a   Toussaint, Renaud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Gravity driven instabilities; Immiscible displacement; Optical fibers; Porous medium; Residual saturation

Indexed keywords

DNAPL; GRAVITY-DRIVEN INSTABILITIES; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; RESIDUAL SATURATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84855748545     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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