A new physical model based on cascading column experiments to reproduce the radial flow and transport of micro-iron particles

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 140-141, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Comba, Silvia ^a   Braun, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D column method; Cascading column; Microscale iron; Radial flow; Well injection

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN METHODS; FIELD SCALE; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GUAR GUMS; INJECTION PRESSURES; IRON PARTICLES; MASS BALANCE; MICRO-SCALES; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLANNING AND DESIGN; REMEDIATION EFFICIENCY; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AQUIFERS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIAL FLOW; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

IRON;

GUAR GUM; IRON;

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIAL FLOW; REMEDIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLOID; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICRO IRON PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FLOW; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VISCOSITY;

IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

EID: 84865453720     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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