Guar gum solutions for improved delivery of iron particles in porous media (Part 2): Iron transport tests and modeling in radial geometry

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-51

  Tosco, Tiziana ^a   Gastone, Francesca ^a   Sethi, Rajandrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Column transport tests; Guar gum solutions; Microscale iron transport in porous media; Porous medium clogging; Porous medium flow and transport in radial domains

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRON; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TESTING; USER INTERFACES;

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GUAR GUMS; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; MICROSCALE IRONS; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM FLOW; RADIUS OF INFLUENCES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

GUAR GUM; IRON DERIVATIVE; MICROSCALE ZERO VALENT IRON PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALACTAN; IRON; MANNAN; PLANT GUM; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

DARCY LAW; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; IRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENSION; WASTE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOW KINETICS; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FILTRATION; GALACTANS; IRON; MANNANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANT GUMS; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84906310317     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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