Recent Advances in Problems of Flow and Transport in Porous Media (Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, 11)

Porous media, and especially phenomena of transport in such materials, are an impor1ant field of interest for geologists, hydrogeologists, researchers in soil and fluid mechanics, petroleum and chemical engineers, physicists and scientists in many other disciplines. The development of better numerical simulation techniques in combination with the enormous expansion of computer tools, have enabled numerical simulation of transport phenomena (mass of phases and components, energy etc. ) in porous domains of interest. Before any practical application of the results of such simulations can be used, it is essential that the simulation models have been proven to be valid. In order to establish the greatest possible coherence between the models and the physical reality, frequent interaction between numericians, mathematicians and the previously quoted researchers, is necessary. Once this coherence is established, the numerical simulations could be used to predict various phenomena such as water management, propagation of pollutants etc. These simulations could be, in many cases, the only financially acceptable tool to carry out an investigation. Current studies within various fields of applications include not only physical comprehension aspects of flow and energy or solute transport in saturated or unsaturated media but also numerical aspects in deriving strong complex equations. Among the various fields of applications generally two types of problems can be observed. Those associated with the pollution of the environment and those linked to water management. The former are essentially a problem in industrialized countries, the latter are a major source of concern in North-Africa. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Convergence of a Finite Volume Scheme for a Parabolic Degenerate Equation....Pages 3-11 Error Estimate for the Finite Volume Approximate of the Solution to a Nonlinear Convective Equation....Pages 13-24 An Error Estimate for the Approximate Solution of a Porous Media Diphasic Flow Equation....Pages 25-30 An Analogue of Schwartz’s Method for the Construction of the Green Function of the Zaremba Problem and Its Application in Underground Hydrodynamics....Pages 31-41 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Size and Double-Layer Effects on the Macroscopic Behavior of Clays....Pages 45-58 Parameter’s Sensitivity in Water Storage Modelling for Unsaturated Soils....Pages 59-75 Mathematical Investigation for Groundwater Pollution....Pages 77-87 Solution of Degenerate Parabolic Problems by Relaxation Schemes....Pages 89-98 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Transport in Saturated Porous Media....Pages 101-115 Perfection of the Simulation of Freshwater / Saltwater Interface Motion....Pages 117-129 Numerical Dispersivity in Modelling of Saltwater Intrusion into a Coastal Aquifer....Pages 131-142 Theoretical Study and Experimental Validation of Transport Coefficients for Hydrocarbon Pollutants in Aquifers....Pages 143-152 Heat and Mass Transfer in Cylindrical Porous Medium of Activated Carbon and Ammonia....Pages 153-163 Transient Natural Convection in a Square Porous Cavity Submitted to Different Time-Dependent Heating Modes....Pages 165-176 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Adaptive Mesh for Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media....Pages 179-193 Upscaling Two-Phase Flow in Double Porosity Media: Nonuniform Homogenization....Pages 195-215 Flow of Multicomponent Gas Condensate Mixtures in Fractured Porous Media....Pages 217-230 Two-Scale Percolation-Difference Method for Simulation of Transport with Trapping in Porous Media....Pages 231-243 Back Matter....Pages 245-249

This volume focuses on recent advances in the modelling of flow and transport in porous media. The first two sections deal with new model approaches and mathematical methods, including error estimates for approximate solutions, parameter sensitivity studies, and solution techniques for degenerate parabolic equations. The third section addresses mass transport and heat transfer in porous media. The final section covers multi-phase flow and multi-component transport.
Model applications are linked to water management and pollution problems and include unsaturated as well as saturated soils, saltwater intrusions into coastal aquifers and contaminant dispersion. The key reference provided at the end of each chapter provides the reader with entry points for further detailed study.
This book offers essential reading for civil, environmental and hydraulic engineers involved in management of aquifers through numerical simulations. It also provides faculty and graduate students with recent developments in porous media modelling.