Image processing of multiphase images obtained via X‐ray microtomography: A review

S Schlüter, A Sheppard, K Brown… - Water Resources …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Easier access to X‐ray microtomography (μCT) facilities has provided much new insight
from high‐resolution imaging for various problems in porous media research. Pore space …

A review of non-invasive imaging methods and applications in contaminant hydrogeology research

CJ Werth, C Zhang, ML Brusseau, M Oostrom… - Journal of contaminant …, 2010 - Elsevier
Contaminant hydrogeological processes occurring in porous media are typically not
amenable to direct observation. As a result, indirect measurements (eg, contaminant …

X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems

D Wildenschild, AP Sheppard - Advances in Water resources, 2013 - Elsevier
We report here on recent developments and advances in pore-scale X-ray tomographic
imaging of subsurface porous media. Our particular focus is on immiscible multi-phase fluid …

Adsorption of PFOA at the air–water interface during transport in unsaturated porous media

Y Lyu, ML Brusseau, W Chen, N Yan… - … Science & Technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Miscible-displacement experiments are conducted with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to
determine the contribution of adsorption at the air–water interface to retention during …

Determining air-water interfacial areas for the retention and transport of PFAS and other interfacially active solutes in unsaturated porous media

ML Brusseau - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to determine the methods that produce the most
representative measurements and estimations of air-water interfacial area specifically for the …

A modified HYDRUS model for simulating PFAS transport in the vadose zone

JAK Silva, J Šimůnek, JE McCray - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The HYDRUS unsaturated flow and transport model was modified to simulate the effects of
non-linear air-water interfacial (AWI) adsorption, solution surface tension-induced flow, and …

Representative elementary volume estimation for porosity, moisture saturation, and air‐water interfacial areas in unsaturated porous media: Data quality implications

MS Costanza‐Robinson, BD Estabrook… - Water Resources …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving a representative elementary volume (REV) has become a de facto criterion for
demonstrating the quality of CT measurements in porous media systems. However, the data …

Evaluating air-water and NAPL-water interfacial adsorption and retention of Perfluorocarboxylic acids within the Vadose zone

JAK Silva, WA Martin, JL Johnson… - Journal of contaminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
The release and transport of linear perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCA) within the vadose-zone
beneath per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS)-and non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) …

Measurement and prediction of the relationship between capillary pressure, saturation, and interfacial area in a NAPL‐water‐glass bead system

ML Porter, D Wildenschild, G Grant… - Water Resources …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the constitutive relationship between capillary pressure (Pc), saturation (Sw),
and fluid‐fluid interfacial area per volume (IFA) is characterized using computed …

Three‐dimensional quantification of soil hydraulic properties using X‐ray computed tomography and image‐based modeling

SR Tracy, KR Daly, CJ Sturrock… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate the application of a high‐resolution X‐ray Computed Tomography (CT)
method to quantify water distribution in soil pores under successive reductive drying. We …