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Nonaqueous liquid pool dissolution in three-dimensional heterogeneous subsurface formations

Chrysikopoulos Constantinos, E.T. Vogler, W.M.J. Bao

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/75267210-1178-475D-9E01-354C7731A6C4
Year 2003
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation W.M.J. Bao, E.T. Vogler, C.V. Chrysikopoulos ,"Nonaqueous liquid pool dissolution in three-dimensional heterogeneous subsurface formations ",Envir. Geol.,vol. 43,no.8 ,pp.968–977,2003.doi :10.1007/s00254-002-0721-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-002-0721-x
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A three-dimensional numerical flow andcontaminant transport model is developed to investigatethe effect of variable hydraulic conductivity onaverage mass transfer coefficients associated with thedissolution of dense nonaqueous phase liquid(DNAPL) pools in heterogeneous, water-saturatedsubsurface formations. Randomly generated, threedimensionalhydraulic conductivity fields are used torepresent a heterogeneous confined aquifer. Modelsimulations indicate that the average mass transfercoefficient is inversely proportional to the variance ofthe log-transformed hydraulic conductivity. A powerlaw correlation relating the Sherwood number to thevariance of the log-transformed hydraulic conductivityand appropriate Peclet numbers is developed.A reasonable fit between predicted and numericallydetermined mass transfer coefficients is observed

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