URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/F36756C9-FC4E-4D68-AA2B-79D244EF1C73 | - |
Identifier | https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00477-004-0231-3 | - |
Language | en | - |
Extent | 14 pages | en |
Title | Contaminant transport in a fracture with spatially variable aperture in the presence of monodisperse and polydisperse colloids | en |
Creator | Chrysikopoulos Constantinos | en |
Creator | Χρυσικοπουλος Κωνσταντινος | el |
Creator | Scott C. James | en |
Creator | Tanya K. Bilezikjian | en |
Content Summary | A quasi-three-dimensional particle tracking
model is developed to characterize the spatial and temporal
effects of advection, molecular diffusion, Taylor
dispersion, fracture wall deposition, matrix diffusion,
and co-transport processes on two discrete plumes
(suspended monodisperse or polydisperse colloids and
dissolved contaminants) flowing through a variable
aperture fracture situated in a porous medium. Contaminants
travel by advection and diffusion and may
sorb onto fracture walls and colloid particles, as well as
diffuse into and sorb onto the surrounding porous rock
matrix. A kinetic isotherm describes contaminant sorption
onto colloids and sorbed contaminants assume the
unique transport properties of colloids. Sorption of the
contaminants that have diffused into the matrix is governed
by a first-order kinetic reaction. Colloids travel by
advection and diffusion and may attach onto fracture
walls; however, they do not penetrate the rock matrix. A
probabilistic form of the Boltzmann law describes filtration
of both colloids and contaminants on fracture
walls. Ensemble-averaged breakthrough curves of many
fracture realizations are used to compare arrival times of
colloid and contaminant plumes at the fracture outlet.
Results show that the presence of colloids enhances
contaminant transport (decreased residence times) while
matrix diffusion and sorption onto fracture walls retard
the transport of contaminants | en |
Type of Item | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
Type of Item | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
Date of Item | 2015-09-19 | - |
Date of Publication | 2005 | - |
Bibliographic Citation | S.C. James,T. K. Bilezikjian ,C.V Chrysikopoulos"Contaminant transport in a fracture with spatially variable aperture in the presence of monodisperse and polydisperse colloids", Stoch. Environ. Res. Ris.k Assess ,vol.19,no.4 ,pp. 266–279,2005.doi :10.1007/s00477-004-0231-3 | en |