Predicting colloid transport through saturated porous media: A critical review

IL Molnar, WP Johnson, JI Gerhard… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting colloid transport and retention in water‐saturated porous
media is important for the protection of human and ecological health. Early applications of …

Transport and fate of microbial pathogens in agricultural settings

SA Bradford, VL Morales, W Zhang… - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
An understanding of the transport and survival of microbial pathogens (pathogens hereafter)
in agricultural settings is needed to assess the risk of pathogen contamination to water and …

Transport of microplastics in stormwater treatment systems under freeze-thaw cycles: Critical role of plastic density

VS Koutnik, J Leonard, J Brar, S Cao, JB Glasman… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Stormwater treatment systems remove and accumulate microplastics from surface runoff, but
some of them can be moved downward to groundwater by natural freeze-thaw cycles. Yet, it …

A theoretical analysis of colloid attachment and straining in chemically heterogeneous porous media

SA Bradford, S Torkzaban, A Shapiro - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
A balance of applied hydrodynamic (TH) and resisting adhesive (TA) torques was conducted
over a chemically heterogeneous porous medium that contained random roughness of …

Role of air‐water interfaces in colloid transport in porous media: A review

M Flury, S Aramrak - Water resources research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Air‐water interfaces play an important role in unsaturated porous media, giving rise to
phenomena like capillarity. Less recognized and understood are interactions of colloids with …

Three-dimensional visualization reveals pore-scale mechanisms of colloid transport and retention in two-phase flow

T Wu, Z Yang, R Hu, YF Chen - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colloids are ubiquitous in the natural environment, playing an important role in facilitating
the transport of absorbed contaminants. However, due to the complexities arising from two …

Transport of biochar colloids under unsaturated flow condition: Roles of chemical aging and cation type

K Zhao, J Shang - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar colloids released from biochar materials are ubiquitous in the environment and
undergo environmental transformation processes that may alter their properties. Natural …

Massive fines detachment induced by moving gas-water interfaces during early stage two-phase flow in coalbed methane reservoirs

F Huang, Y Kang, L You, X Li, Z You - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Field observations have shown that the concentration of fines produced during the early two-
phase flow stage in coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs is much higher than single-phase …

Physicochemical controls on adsorbed water film thickness in unsaturated geological media

TK Tokunaga - Water Resources Research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Adsorbed water films commonly coat mineral surfaces in unsaturated soils and rocks,
reducing flow and transport rates. Therefore, it is important to understand how adsorbed film …

Role and importance of surface heterogeneities in transport of particles in saturated porous media

C Shen, Y Jin, J Zhuang, T Li, B Xing - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Knowledge of particle deposition and transport in saturated porous media is of
significant importance for various engineered applications and environmental concerns …