Hydraulic properties of smectite rich clay controlled by hydraulic gradients and filter types

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-80

  Al Taie, Laith ^a   Pusch, Roland ^a,b   Knutsson, Sven ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Drawrite AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clay gel; Clogging; Filter porosity; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic gradient; Smectite

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING; HIGH HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SMECTITE-RICH CLAYS; SMECTITES; SWELLING PRESSURES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SINTERING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FILTER; GEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LABORATORY METHOD; POROSITY; SMECTITE;

EID: 84890151869     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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