Ebook: Transport Processes in Porous Media

This volume contains the invited lectures presented during the NATO/ASI conducted in Pullman, Washington, July 9-18, 1989. This is the third in a series of NATO/ASIs on transport phenomena in porous media. The first two, which took place at Newark, Delaware in 1982 and 1985, are devoted to various topics related to the Fundamentals of Transport Processes in Porous Media. The contents of the books resulting from previous NATO/ASIs are given at the end of this book. Transport of extensive quantities such as mass of a fluid phase, mass of chemical species carried by a fluid phase, energy and electric charge in porous media, as encountered in a large variety of engineering disciplines, is an emerging interdisciplinary field. The groundwater flow, the simultaneous flow of gas, oil and water in petroleum reservoirs, the movement and accumulation of pollutants in the saturated and unsaturated subsurface zones, thermal energy storage in reservoirs, land subsidence in response to charges in overburden loads, or to pumping of fluids from underground formations, wave propagation in seismic investigations or as produced by earthquakes, chemical reactors, water flow through sand filters and the movement of fluids through kidneys, may serve as examples of fields in which the theory of transport in porous media is employed.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Structure of Porous Media....Pages 3-41
Deletion of Nondominant Effects in Modeling Transport in Porous Media....Pages 43-68
Hydrocarbons in Porous Media....Pages 69-201
Fluid Flow in Fractured Rock: Theory and Application....Pages 203-241
Transport Phenomena in Frozen Porous Media....Pages 243-270
Phosphorous Transport with Water Flow in Acid, Sandy Soils....Pages 271-314
Thermohydraulics of Heated Porous Media Associated with Nuclear Reactor Safety....Pages 315-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Wave Propagation in Porous Media—A Review....Pages 373-469
Dynamic Behavior of Porous Media....Pages 471-519
Integral Representation and Sources in Isotropic Poroelastic Media....Pages 521-538
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
The Nature and Effects of Sorption Processes in Subsurface Systems....Pages 541-582
Chemical Kinetics and Mass Transfer Processes in Soils and Soil Constituents....Pages 583-637
Microbial Processes in Porous Media....Pages 639-691
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Fractal Heterogeneous Porous Media....Pages 695-722
Fractal Porous Media....Pages 723-743
Analysis of Spatial Variability Using a Numerical Spectral Approach....Pages 745-760
The Random Walk Method and Extensions in Groundwater Modelling....Pages 761-787
Ground Water Modeling: A Critical Review....Pages 789-819
Back Matter....Pages 821-825

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Structure of Porous Media....Pages 3-41
Deletion of Nondominant Effects in Modeling Transport in Porous Media....Pages 43-68
Hydrocarbons in Porous Media....Pages 69-201
Fluid Flow in Fractured Rock: Theory and Application....Pages 203-241
Transport Phenomena in Frozen Porous Media....Pages 243-270
Phosphorous Transport with Water Flow in Acid, Sandy Soils....Pages 271-314
Thermohydraulics of Heated Porous Media Associated with Nuclear Reactor Safety....Pages 315-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Wave Propagation in Porous Media—A Review....Pages 373-469
Dynamic Behavior of Porous Media....Pages 471-519
Integral Representation and Sources in Isotropic Poroelastic Media....Pages 521-538
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
The Nature and Effects of Sorption Processes in Subsurface Systems....Pages 541-582
Chemical Kinetics and Mass Transfer Processes in Soils and Soil Constituents....Pages 583-637
Microbial Processes in Porous Media....Pages 639-691
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Fractal Heterogeneous Porous Media....Pages 695-722
Fractal Porous Media....Pages 723-743
Analysis of Spatial Variability Using a Numerical Spectral Approach....Pages 745-760
The Random Walk Method and Extensions in Groundwater Modelling....Pages 761-787
Ground Water Modeling: A Critical Review....Pages 789-819
Back Matter....Pages 821-825
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