Free-product plume distribution and recovery modeling prediction in a diesel-contaminated volcanic aquifer

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 37-39, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-51

  Hernández Espriú, Antonio ^a,b   Martínez Santos, Pedro ^b   Sánchez León, Emilio ^a   Marín, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquifer remediation; Free product modeling; LNAPL recovery; Oil saturation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; AQUIFER REMEDIATION; BIOSLURPING; CAPILLARY FRINGE; EXPECTED VALUES; FIELD LEVEL; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; LIGHT NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MODELING PREDICTIONS; MULTI-PHASE EXTRACTION; OIL SATURATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RECOVERY MODEL; RECOVERY PROCESS; RECOVERY RATE; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SLUG TEST; SOIL REMEDIATION; VADOSE ZONE; VOLCANIC AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLCANOES; WELLS;

RECOVERY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CAPILLARY FRINGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; OIL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; SATURATION;

EID: 84857692072     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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