Natural micro-scale heterogeneity induced solute and nanoparticle retardation in fractured crystalline rock

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 133, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-52

  Huber, F ^a,b   Enzmann, F ^c   Wenka, A ^a   Bouby, M ^a   Dentz, M ^d   Schafer T ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colloids; Computational fluid dynamics; Non Fickian transport; Residence time

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CFD MODELING; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPLEX FLUIDS; DIRECT FUNCTIONS; DRILL CORE; FLOWPATH; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; IN-LINE; MATRIX DIFFUSION; MICRO-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MODEL GENERATION; MODELING APPROACH; MODELING RESULTS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; NATURAL FRACTURE; NON-FICKIAN; RESIDENCE TIME; SINGLE FRACTURE; SOLUTE TRACERS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; TRITIATED WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE DRILLING; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SORPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRITIUM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; TRITIUM OXIDE;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; COLLOID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RESIDENCE TIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; FRACTURED CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMETRY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; WATER TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTUM DOTS; TRITIUM; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84860626832     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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