Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Applied to Solute Transport in Non Saturated Porous Media
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I. Mathieu-Balster
Abstract
Modeling of solute transport in non-saturated and non-isothermal porous media is dealt with by thermodynamics of irreversible processes. This rigorous approach enables us to consider the different kinds of transfer and the coupling. Every physical phenomenon as water phase transition and solute adsorption by the solid matrix can be taken into account. The final model may be applied to several fields such as civil engineering, agronomy, pollution and the assessment of radioactive waste repositories. A numerical modeling taking into account the effect of temperature gradient on solute transport (“Soret effect”) is in the process of implementation in the French software “CESAR-LCPC” of the “Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées”.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Applied to Solute Transport in Non Saturated Porous Media
- Some Considerations about Nonlinear Extended Thermodynamic Theories with Different Numbers of Fields
- The Minimum Free Energy For Isothermal Dielectrics With Memory
- A Thermodynamic Description of Coupled Flow and Diffusion in a Viscoelastic Binary Mixture
- Simple Upper Bound Efficiencies for Endoreversible Conversion of Thermal Radiation
