Multiphase flow and transport in heterogeneous porous media

The project is one link in the research of ground water pollution at the Ground Water Research Centre. The aim is to increase the understanding and to better the description of the effect of the earth's heterogeneity on the spreading, risk estimation, and removal of pollutants. Flow of free oil, dissolved oil components, and conservative dissolved matter are investigated, partly in the laboratory, partly by using deterministic and stochastic models. The research should partly create a basis for understanding the physical processes behind the multi-phase flow in porous media, partly try to describe the connection between the migration of miscible and immiscible pollutants in homogeneous and heterogeneous media, respectively.
The project is financed by the Ground Water Research Centre and the Strategic Environmental Research Programme. Cooperation with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, San Francisco, Calif. is established