The effect of system variables on in situ sweep-efficiency improvements via viscosity modification

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 136-137, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-130

  Silva, Jeff A K ^a   Smith, Megan M ^a   Munakata Marr, Junko ^a   McCray, John E ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer remediation; Heterogeneity; Numerical simulation; Polymer; Sweep efficiency; Viscosity modification; Xanthan gum

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER REMEDIATION; FLUID VISCOSITY; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; INJECTED FLUIDS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; PERMEABILITY MEDIA; PORE VOLUME; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RELATIVE POSITIONING; SAND TANK; SUBSURFACE DISTRIBUTION; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM VARIABLES; XANTHAN GUM;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY;

EFFICIENCY;

POLYMER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; IN SITU TEST; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; REMEDIATION; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENT; FLOW KINETICS; IN SITU SWEEP EFFICIENCY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SIMULATION; TANK; VISCOSITY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84863494682     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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