title: Mass transfer coefficient and concentration boundary layer thickness for a dissolving NAPL pool in porous media.
abstract: Analytical expressions for the time invariant, average mass transfer coefficient and the concentration boundary layer thickness applicable to dissolving single-component nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) pools in two-dimensional, saturated, homogeneous and isotropic porous formations are derived. Good agreement between predicted and experimentally determined time invariant average mass transfer coefficients is observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. costas@eng.uci.edu
authors.forename: Constantinos V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Chrysikopoulos
authors.forename: Pin Yi
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hsuan
authors.forename: Marios M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fyrillas
authors.forename: Kenneth Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016062:Porosity; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014873:Water Pollutants
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014873:Water Pollutants