Transport and retention of high concentrated nano-Fe/Cu particles through highly flow-rated packed sand column

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 326-338

  Hosseini, Seiyed Mossa ^a   Tosco, Tiziana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater remediation; Nano Fe Cu particles; Numerical model; Porous medium; Transport and retention

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; NANOPARTICLES;

FIELD SCALE; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; NANO-FE; NANO-FE/CU PARTICLE; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND COLUMNS; SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; TRANSPORT AND RETENTION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

HIGH CONCENTRATED IRON COPPER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COPPER; FLOW REGULATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRON; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SOFTWARE; WATER RETENTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; MOTION; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND;

EID: 84870240128     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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