Evaluation of the applicability of the dual-domain mass transfer model in porous media containing connected high-conductivity channels

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2007-12-20Author
Liu, Gaisheng
Zheng, Chunmiao
Gorelick, Steven M.
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American Geophysical Union
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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[1] This paper evaluates the dual-domain mass transfer (DDMT) model to represent transport processes when small-scale high-conductivity (K) preferential flow paths (PFPs) are present in a homogenous porous media matrix. The effects of PFPs upon solute transport were examined through detailed numerical experiments involving different realizations of PFP networks, PFP/matrix conductivity contrasts varying from 10:1 to 200:1, different magnitudes of effective conductivities, and a range of molecular diffusion coefficients. Results suggest that the DDMT model can reproduce both the near-source peak and the downstream low-concentration spreading observed in the embedded dendritic network when there are large conductivity contrasts between high-K PFPs and the low-K matrix. The accuracy of the DDMT model is also affected by the geometry of PFP networks and by the relative significance of the diffusion process in the networkmatrix system.
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Liu, Gaisheng, Chunmiao Zheng, and Steven M. Gorelick. "Evaluation of the Applicability of the Dual-domain Mass Transfer Model in Porous Media Containing Connected High-conductivity Channels." Water Resources Research Water Resour. Res. 43.12 (2007): n. pag. DOI:10.1029/2007WR005965
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