A review of colloid transport in fractured rocks

W Zhang, X Tang, N Weisbrod, Z Guan - Journal of Mountain Science, 2012 - Springer
Recent recognition of colloid and colloida-ssociated transport of strongly sorbing
contaminants in fractured rocks highlights the importance of exploring the transport behavior …

Colloid particle size‐dependent dispersivity

CV Chrysikopoulos… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Laboratory and field studies have demonstrated that dispersion coefficients evaluated by
fitting advection‐dispersion transport models to nonreactive tracer breakthrough curves do …

Alterations of Fractures in Carbonate Rocks by CO2-Acidified Brines

H Deng, JP Fitts, D Crandall, D McIntyre… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Fractures in geological formations may enable migration of environmentally relevant fluids,
as in leakage of CO2 through caprocks in geologic carbon sequestration. We investigated …

A numerical study on differences in using Navier–Stokes and Reynolds equations for modeling the fluid flow and particle transport in single rock fractures with shear

T Koyama, I Neretnieks, L Jing - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2008 - Elsevier
The study on fluid flow and transport processes of rock fractures in most practical
applications involves two fundamental issues: the validity of Reynolds equation for fluid flow …

Permeation of polyelectrolytes and other solutes into the pore spaces of water-swollen cellulose: a review.

N Wu, MA Hubbe, OJ Rojas, S Park - BioResources, 2009 - search.ebscohost.com
The rate and extent of transport of macromolecules and other solutes into cellulosic
materials and fibers have important applications in such fields as papermaking, textiles …

Modifications of Carbonate Fracture Hydrodynamic Properties by CO2-Acidified Brine Flow

H Deng, BR Ellis, CA Peters, JP Fitts, D Crandall… - Energy & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Acidic reactive flow in fractures is relevant in subsurface activities, such as CO2 geological
storage and hydraulic fracturing. Understanding reaction-induced changes in fracture …

Retention and transport of amphiphilic colloids under unsaturated flow conditions: Effect of particle size and surface property

J Zhuang, J Qi, Y Jin - Environmental science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanisms responsible for deposition and
transport of amphiphilic colloids with a wide range of particle sizes (20− 420 nm) through …

Quantifying fracture geometry with X-ray tomography: Technique of Iterative Local Thresholding (TILT) for 3D image segmentation

H Deng, JP Fitts, CA Peters - Computational Geosciences, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a new method—the Technique of Iterative Local Thresholding (TILT)—
for processing 3D X-ray computed tomography (xCT) images for visualization and …

Effective velocity and effective dispersion coefficient for finite-sized particles flowing in a uniform fracture

SC James, CV Chrysikopoulos - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2003 - Elsevier
In this work we derive expressions for the effective velocity and effective dispersion
coefficient for finite-sized spherical particles with neutral buoyancy flowing within a water …

Transition from non-Fickian to Fickian longitudinal transport through 3-D rough fractures: Scale-(in) sensitivity and roughness dependence

L Wang, MB Cardenas - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding transport in rough fractures from non-Fickian to Fickian regimes and the
prediction of non-Fickian transport is critical for the development of new transport theories …