Fires can alter the hydraulic properties of burned soils through the consumption of organic matter on the ground surface. This study examined the effects of rainfall on the presence of soil pore clogging with varying ash layer thickness using laborat...
Hydrogeochemical processes contribute to long-term alterations in key physical properties of a porous medium, including porosity, tortuosity, and permeability, making it essential to understand their evolution and address clogging-dominated problems...
Among the technologies for carbon neutral, CO2 geological sequestration is one of the most promising. The mechanisms of CO2 behavior within pore space are complex and influenced by multiple factors, with the geometric structure of porous formations b...
Engineers, geomorphologists, and ecologists acknowledge the need for temporally and spatially resolved measurements of sediment clogging (also known as colmation) in permeable gravel-bed rivers due to its adverse impacts on water and habitat quality....
Fundamental microscopic investigations are based on the interaction between filter fiber and particles. The fibrous filter theory is based on a single fiber of a fiber array, and experiments focus either on a single fiber or a fiber array. This study...
In the mixing zone, where submarine groundwater carrying ferrous iron [Fe(II)] meets seawater with dissolved oxygen (DO), the oxidative precipitation of Fe(II) occurs at the pore scale (nm~μm), and the resulting Fe precipitation significantly infl...
The underlying effect of preflush salinity and silica nanofluid (Si-NF) on oil production is examined. The influence of salinity on the stability of Si-NFs is studied. A series of sand-pack floodings evaluating oil production was conducted at differe...
Permeability damage in subsurface porous media caused by clay mobilization is encountered in many engineering applications, such as geothermal energy, water disposal, oil recovery, and underground CO2 storage. During the freshwater injection into roc...
Although many studies have examined reaction zones in groundwater–seawater mixing areas, little attention has been given to how subsurface processes drive changes in iron (Fe) precipitation over time and space. This gap has limited our understa...
This study posits that soil particles in the filter layer are ellipsoidal. The effective pore radius of the filter material was calculated for various particle-shape parameters and distributions. The relationship between the porosity of the filter ma...
Microbial biopolymers have been introduced as materials for soil treatment and ground improvement purposes because of their ability to enhance soil strength enhancement and to reduce hydraulic conductivity. Several studies in the field of environment...
Urban runoff is acidic in nature and mainly consists of heavy metals and sediments. In this study, the pervious concrete samples were cured in a CO2-rich environment and their performance under runoff conditions was evaluated by passing different sol...
The decline in the injectivity of injection wells is a serious problem in geothermal systems. In this article, we analyse the mechanisms responsible for the reduction in permeability in Lower Jurassic sandstones during the injection of cooled formati...
Clogging is one of the most important factors that restricts the development and popularization of artificial groundwater recharge technology. Gas clogging is an important but often overlooked form of clogging. In this study, a high-speed image acqui...
Fines migration and clogging in porous media have significant implications for engineering applications. For example, during the extraction of marine gas hydrates, fines migration can lead to pore clogging and reduced permeability. This study combine...
When surface water infiltrates soil, the fine soil particles carried in water gradually clog soil pores and form a low-permeability soil layer. Clogging impacts the variations in pore water pressure heads in soil and effective hydraulic conductivity....
The implementation and development of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) have been limited by the clogging attributed to physical, chemical, and biological reactions. In application field of MAR, physical clogging is usually the dominant type. Although n...
Motions of circular and linear DNA molecules of various lengths near a nanopore of 100 or 200 nm diameter were experimentally observed and investigated by fluorescence microscopy. The movement of DNA molecules through nanopores, known as translocatio...
Clogging is inevitable when membranes with 0.45 µm pore size are used for the separation of particulates from dissolved/colloidal forms in river water. This can lead to a shift in water quality assessment and evaluation of geochemical fluxes. W...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), crucial in modern advanced energy storage systems, inherently experience several side reactions during operation, with the formation of a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) and lithium plating being the most significant....
Infiltration irrigation with saline water is a more effective method than drip irrigation to alleviate water scarcity worldwide, but so far, no report has discussed the clogging rules of ceramic emitters, a major component of infiltration irrigation...
One of the problems that limit the development of porous asphalt concrete (PAC) is that the pores become clogged, which leads to severe deterioration in its permeability performance. This paper focuses on PAC’s permeability characteristics unde...
Artificial reclamation is one of the main means of land expansion in coastal cities. However, the permeability of underlying soft clay (USC), derived from the dredged load, has not been paid enough attention, although it is closely related to the lon...
Various methods for repairing and modifying concrete surfaces have been proposed and applied to improve the durability of existing concrete structures. Surface modification through forced carbonation is a method of densification that forms calcium ca...
To explore the best clogging restoration measures for ceramic permeable bricks, ceramic permeable bricks were accurately clogged using a self-designed device by controlling the permeability, and different technical measures were adopted to restore th...
The potential application of bottom ash (BA) for construction site runoff control as an alternative filter media with high removal efficiency of total suspended solids (TSS) and longer operation period were evaluated. Both lab-scale single-layer and...
A semi-solid route is expected to be a fabrication method that can fabricate aluminum alloy foams with a variety of mechanical properties, but the allowance fluctuation of the fabrication conditions of aluminum alloy foams with high reproducibility i...
During the consolidation period of vacuum preloading drainage of dredged mud slurry, the clogging behaviors of the filter drainage structural layers and the core boards of prefabricated vertical drains (PVD) determine the drainage capacities of PVD....
This research aims to assess the clogging process of geotextiles within silt fences. For that purpose, the filtering efficiency, flow rate, and clogging of three geotextiles (GTX-1, GTX-2, and GTX-3) employing two distinct soils and under three sedim...
This study investigates the sustainable use of steel slag for a geogrid-encased column involving its reinforcement and clogging effects on its consolidation performance in soft foundations through model tests and 3D hydromechanical-coupled finite ele...
The hyporheic zone functions as a critical interface mediating hydrological and biogeochemical exchanges between stream water and streambed. Within shallow streambed layers, sediment transport and biofilm colonization can induce dynamic layered clogg...
Clogging in vertical flow (VF) wetlands is an important process influencing water purification processes. The main contributing factors are the growth of microorganisms within the filter media, the accumulation of suspended solids on top of the wetla...
This study incorporates a nonlinear seepage relationship into Biot’s consolidation theory and simulates the consolidation of a single vertical drain under vacuum preloading using the finite element method. The model, simplified via the equal-st...
To examine the effect of flocculation treatment on slurry clogging during vacuum preloading, this study conducted vacuum preloading model tests using lime, anionic polyacrylamide (APAM), and the dual use of polyaluminum chloride (PAC) and APAM in con...
The pick-up, migration, deposition, and clogging behaviors of fine particles are ubiquitous in many engineering applications, including contaminant remediation. Deposition and clogging are detrimental to the efficiency of environmental remediation, a...
Clogging constitutes a major operational issue for treatment wetlands. The rest period is a key feature of French Vertical Flow (VF) treatment wetlands and serves to mitigate clogging. An ex-situ drying experiment was performed to mimic the rest peri...
Permeable pavement is an alternative to conventional impermeable pavement for various applications. However, a common issue with permeable pavement is clogging over time. Permeability is a parameter that reflects the capacity of the pavement to reduc...
In the treatment of soda-residue-stabilized soil with high water content using drainage boards with vacuum preloading, the boards often prone to clogging and bending under lateral pressure, reducing their hydraulic conductivity and affecting the soil...
Soil porosity and moisture are critical indicators of soil quality. In coal–grain intercropping areas, centuries of coal industry activities have resulted in coal particle contamination, which has affected soil properties; however, its impact o...
27 August 2019
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) can be used to increase storage and availability of groundwater resources, but water resources available for recharge are constrained due to a surface water shortage. Alternative resources, like stormwater, are receivin...
Surfactants released into the terrestrial environment in large amounts can potentially alter the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils, particularly the saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks). Unfortunately findings regarding this proc...
Subsurface drainage pipes covered with filters and geotextiles are the key to preventing clogging and ensuring efficient drainage. To improve the salt discharge efficiency of these subsurface drainage pipes, different layers of geotextiles were set o...
Studies are on-going to establish the suitability of tire shreds in the landfill bottom drainage layer, to minimize clogging. Four experimental columns were constructed in which were 500 mm long and 200 mm in diameter. They were filled with different...
A two-dimensional sand tank experiment was designed to explore the mechanism of water distribution and silt clogging of Yellow River water whilst replenishing groundwater in ‘open window’ reach of the piedmont river and strong seepage area consisting...
A laboratory study was undertaken to investigate the physical clogging of a sand medium by injecting suspended particles (SP), with diameters ranging from 0.03 to 63.41 μm, into an infiltration basin, which was installed in a sand tank under the c...
It is quite common to dispense a topping material like crystalline penetration sealer materials (CPSM) onto the surface of a plastic substance such as concrete to extend its service life span by surface protections from outside breakthrough. The CPSM...
By using gas physisorption and multifractal theory, this study analyzes pore structure heterogeneity and influencing factors during thermal maturation of naturally immature but artificially matured shale from the Kongdian Formation after being subjec...
Strong chemical gradients between clay and concrete porewater lead to diffusive transport across the interface and subsequent mineral reactions in both materials. These reactions may influence clay properties such as swelling behaviour, permeability...
4 February 2021
Two identical bench-scale Self-Forming Dynamic Membrane BioReactors (SFD MBR) were set-up and operated for the treatment of real urban wastewater. The two bioreactors were equipped with meshes of different mesh pore size. Meshes having pore size valu...
Subsurface mineralization of CO2 by injection into (hydro-)fractured peridotites has been proposed as a carbon sequestration method. It is envisaged that the expansion in solid volume associated with the mineralization reaction leads to a build-up of...
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