Dense, viscous brine behavior in heterogeneous porous medium systems

Axisymmetric viscous gravity currents flowing over a porous medium

MELISSA J. SPANNUTH †, JEROME A. NEUFELD , J. S. WETTLAUFER 1,3,4 AND M. GRAE WORSTER 2 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Nor...

Viscous and gravitational contributions to mixing during vertical brine transport in water-saturated porous media.

The transport of fluids miscible with water arises in groundwater contamination and during remediation of the subsurface environment. For concentrated salt solutions, i.e., brines, the increased density and viscosity determine mixing processes between these fluids and ambient groundwater. Under downward flow conditions, gravitational and viscous forces work against each other to determine the i...

Transference of SH-Waves in Fluid Saturated Porous Medium Sandwiched Between Heterogeneous Half-Spaces

A mathematical model is considered to investigate the behavior of horizontally polarized shear waves (SH-waves) in fluid saturated porous medium sandwiched between heterogeneous half-spaces. Heterogeneity in the upper half-space is due to linear variation of elastic parameters, whereas quadratic variation has been considered for lower half-space. The method of separation of variables and Whitta...

Tracer experiments in periodical heterogeneous model porous medium

It is established that solute transport in homogenous porous media follows a classical ’S’ shape breakthrough curve that can easily be modelled by a convection dispersion equation. In this study, we designed a Model Heterogeneous Porous Medium (MHPM) with a high degree of heterogeneity, in which the breakthrough curve does not follow the classical ’S’ shape. The contrast in porosity is obtained...

Migration and Entrapment of DNAPLs in Heterogeneous Systems: Impact of Waste and Porous Medium Composition