Organic contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface: Evolution of knowledge and understanding

HI Essaid, BA Bekins… - Water Resources Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Toxic organic contaminants may enter the subsurface as slightly soluble and volatile
nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) or as dissolved solutes resulting in contaminant plumes …

Multiphase flow and transport modeling in heterogeneous porous media: challenges and approaches

CT Miller, G Christakos, PT Imhoff, JF McBride… - Advances in Water …, 1998 - Elsevier
We review the current status of modeling multiphase systems, including balance equation
formulation, constitutive relations for both pressure-saturation-conductivity and interphase …

[图书][B] Diffusion in natural porous media: contaminant transport, sorption/desorption and dissolution kinetics

P Grathwohl - 2012 - books.google.com
Diffusion in Natural Porous Media: Contaminant Transport, Sorption/Desorption and
Dissolution Kinetics introduces the general principles of diffusion in the subsurface …

Droplet fragmentation: 3D imaging of a previously unidentified pore-scale process during multiphase flow in porous media

T Pak, IB Butler, S Geiger… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Using X-ray computed microtomography, we have visualized and quantified the in situ
structure of a trapped nonwetting phase (oil) in a highly heterogeneous carbonate rock after …

Modelling the fate of oxidisable organic contaminants in groundwater

DA Barry, H Prommer, CT Miller, P Engesgaard… - Advances in Water …, 2002 - Elsevier
Subsurface contamination by organic chemicals is a pervasive environmental problem,
susceptible to remediation by natural or enhanced attenuation approaches or more highly …

Effect of groundwater flow dimensionality on mass transfer from entrapped nonaqueous phase liquid contaminants

T Saba, TH Illangasekare - Water Resources Research, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Mass transfer from entrapped nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) at subsurface locations of
environmental contamination typically takes place in three‐dimensional groundwater flow …

Interphase mass transfer between fluids in subsurface formations: A review

B Agaoglu, NK Copty, T Scheytt… - Advances in Water …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the state-of-the-art on interphase mass transfer between
immiscible fluids in porous media with focus on the factors that have significant influence on …

Dissolution and mass transfer of multiple organics under field conditions: The Borden emplaced source

EO Frind, JW Molson, M Schirmer… - Water Resources …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The process that transfers mass from a subsurface source zone of residual dense
nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) to the flowing groundwater is a controlling factor in …

Dissolution fingering during the solubilization of nonaqueous phase liquids in saturated porous media: 2. Experimental observations

PT Imhoff, GP Thyrum, CT Miller - Water Resources Research, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) are a common source of contamination at polluted
groundwater sites, where they frequently remain trapped within the pore space at residual …

Theoretical analyses of nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution‐induced instability in two‐dimensional fluid‐saturated porous media

C Zhao, BE Hobbs, A Ord - International Journal for Numerical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper deals with the theoretical aspects of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL)‐
dissolution‐induced instability in two‐dimensional fluid‐saturated porous media including …