PoreFlow: A complex pore-network model for simulation of reactive transport in variably saturated porous media

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-174

  Raoof, A ^a   Nick, H M ^a,b   Hassanizadeh, S M ^a   Spiers, C J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pore network modeling; Pore scale; Reactive transport; Variably saturated

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ADVECTION AND DIFFUSIONS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; PORE SCALE; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; VARIABLY SATURATED;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADSORPTION; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 84884724786     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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