DNAPL source depletion: Linking architecture and flux response

AD Fure, JW Jawitz, MD Annable - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2006 - Elsevier
The relationship between dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) mass reduction and
contaminant mass flux was investigated experimentally in four model source zones. The 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 …

Interfacial area measurements for unsaturated flow through a porous medium

KA Culligan, D Wildenschild… - Water Resources …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Multiphase flow and contaminant transport in porous media are strongly influenced by the
presence of fluid‐fluid interfaces. Recent theoretical work based on conservation laws and …

Pore-scale characteristics of multiphase flow in porous media: A comparison of air–water and oil–water experiments

KA Culligan, D Wildenschild, BSB Christensen… - Advances in water …, 2006 - Elsevier
Studies of NAPL dissolution in porous media have demonstrated that measurement of
saturation alone is insufficient to describe the rate of dissolution. Quantification of the NAPL …

Analysis of pore‐scale nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution in etched silicon pore networks

C Chomsurin, CJ Werth - Water resources research, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the dissolution rate of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in groundwater is
difficult, as the effects of variable pore and NAPL blob geometry are poorly understood. To …

Assessment of LNAPL in subsurface under fluctuating groundwater table using 2D sand tank experiments

PK Gupta, B Yadav, BK Yadav - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The focus of this study was to investigate the fate and transport of toluene, a light
nonaqueous-phase liquids (LNAPLs) in the subsurface region under dynamic groundwater …

Experimental study on the displacement patterns and the phase diagram of immiscible fluid displacement in three-dimensional porous media

Y Hu, A Patmonoaji, C Zhang, T Suekane - Advances in Water Resources, 2020 - Elsevier
The immiscible fluid displacement pattern, controlled by the balance of viscous and capillary
forces has a significant effect on the recovery or storage efficiency in subsurface processes …

Estimating mass discharge from dense nonaqueous phase liquid source zones using upscaled mass transfer coefficients: An evaluation using multiphase numerical …

JA Christ, CA Ramsburg, KD Pennell… - Water Resources …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Difficulties associated with identifying the dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source
zone architecture at the field scale, combined with the computational costs of field‐scale …

Pore-scale supercritical CO2 dissolution and mass transfer under imbibition conditions

C Chang, Q Zhou, TJ Kneafsey, M Oostrom… - Advances in Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
In modeling of geological carbon storage, dissolution of supercritical CO 2 (scCO 2) is often
assumed to be instantaneous with equilibrium phase partitioning. In contrast, recent core …

Mass transfer correlations for nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution from regions with high initial saturations

IM Nambi, SE Powers - Water Resources Research, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The application of existing correlations for nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) dissolution,
which were developed in small, one‐dimensional columns, to larger‐scale, heterogeneous …