Browsing by Author "Saaltink, Maarten Willem"
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A method for incorporating chemical reactions into CODE_BRIGHT
Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Vilarrasa Riaño, Víctor; Gaspari, Francesca de; Silva Rojas, Orlando Enrique; Carrera Ramírez, Jesús (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria del Terreny, Cartogràfica i Geofísica (ETCG), 2012)
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Bacterial transformation and biodegradation processes simulation in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands using CWM1-RETRASO
Llorens Ribes, Esther; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Poch, Manel; García Serrano, Joan (2011-01-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe performance and reliability of the CWM1-RETRASO model for simulating processes in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands (HSSF CWs) and the relative contribution of different microbial reactions to organic ... -
Characterization of concrete by calibrating thermo-hydraulic multiphase flow models
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Villar Galicia, María Victoria (2015-08-01)
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Open AccessEvaporation tests in concrete columns have been analysed by numerical models to characterize the thermo-hydraulic properties and the processes in concrete. Two evaporation tests were performed: a column heated by a lamp ... -
Compositional formulation for multi phase flow reactive transport in porous media: an approach that simplifies coupling between phenomena
Gamazo Rusnac, Pablo Andres; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Carrera Ramírez, Jesús (Centro Internacional de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería (CIMNE), 2010)
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Open AccessIn this work we discuss coupling difficulties that arises when solving phase and species conservation equations. We present a compositional formulation that avoids these difficulties, and allows solving multiphase reactive ... -
CWM1 implementation in RetrasoCodeBright: first results using horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland data, Chemical Engineering Journal
Llorens Ribes, Esther; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; García Serrano, Joan (2011-01-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyConstructed Wetland Model No. 1 (CWM1) processes were implemented within RetrasoCodeBright (RCB) to simulate hydraulics and reactive transport as well as the main biodegradation and transformation processes in horizontal ... -
Dynamics of water vapor flux and water separation processes during evaporation from a salty dry soil
Gran Esforzado, Meritxell; Massana, Jordi; Carrera Ramírez, Jesús; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Ayora Ibáñez, Carlos; Lloret Morancho, Antonio (Elsevier, 2011-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyEvaporation from a salty soil generates salt accumulation near the surface with the subsequent deterioration of the soil quality. Salinization mechanisms are poorly understood despite their global impact. Vapor flux and ... -
Evaluation of self-combustion risk in tire derived aggregate fills
Arroyo Alvarez de Toledo, Marcos; San Martin, Ignacio; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Saaltink, Maarten Willem (2011-09)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyLightweight tire derived aggregate (TDA) fills are a proven recycling outlet for waste tires, requiring relatively low cost waste processing and being competitively priced against other lightweight fill alternatives. However ... -
Experimental and modeling investigation of multicomponent reactive transport in porous media
Katz, Graham; Berkowitz, Brian; Guadagnini, Alberto; Saaltink, Maarten Willem (2011-01-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyWe present an experimental and modeling study of solute transport in porous media in the presence of mixing-induced precipitation of a solid phase. Conservative and reactive transport experiments were performed in a ... -
Grimsel test site - Long-term cement studies.Reactive transport modeling of experiment 2 at Grimsel
Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Soler Matamala, Josep M. (2016-04)
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Open AccessWithin the framework of the GTS-LCS project (Grimsel Test Site – Long-Term Cement Studies), an in-situ experiment lasting about 5 years was started in 2009 to study water-cement-rock interactions in fractured granite. A ... -
GTS_LCS, in-situ experiment 2: modeling of tracer tests 09-03
Manette Forti, Maria Manuela; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Soler Matamala, Josep M. (2015-02)
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Open AccessWithin the framework of the GTS-LCS project (Grimsel Test Site – Long-Term Cement Studies), an in-situ experiment lasting about 5 years was started in 2009 to study water-cement-rock interactions in a fractured granite. ... -
Modelación de flujo multifase en ensayos de evaporación en columna de hormigón
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Villar, M.V. (2011)
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Open AccessSe han simulado ensayos de evaporación en dos columnas de hormigón (B y C), con el objetivo de caracterizar mejor las propiedades del hormigón del Centro de Almacenamiento de residuos radioactivos de El Cabril y los ... -
Modeling evaporation processes in a saline soil from saturation to oven dry conditions
Gran Esforzado, Meritxell; Carrera Ramírez, Jesús; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Saaltink, Maarten Willem (2011)
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Open AccessThermal, suction and osmotic gradients interact during evaporation from a salty soil. Vapor fluxes become the main water flow mechanism under very dry conditions. A coupled nonisothermal multiphase flow and a reactive ... -
Modeling the hydrogeochemical evolution of brine in saline systems: case study of the Sabkha of Oum El Khialate in South East Tunisia
Nasri, N; Bouhlila, R; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Gamazo, Pablo (2015-04)
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Open AccessWe studied the effects of evaporation and groundwater flow on the formation of salt minerals in the Sabkha of Oum El Khialate in South East Tunisia, which contains large amounts of sulfate sodium mineral deposits. Due to ... -
Modelling of matrix diffusion in a tracer test in concrete
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Soler Matamala, Josep M.; Slooten, Luit Jan; Mäder, URS (2016-01)
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Open AccessA laboratory-scale tracer test has been carried out to improve the characterization of the transport properties of the concrete from the radioactive waste disposal facility at El Cabril (Spain). High entry pressure was ... -
Modelling of multiphase flow in concrete cells of the radioactive waste storage facility at El Cabril (Spain)
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem (2014)
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Open AccessEl Cabril is the low and intermediate level radioactive waste disposal facility for Spain. After sealing the cells that stored the radioactive waste, water was collected from a drainpipe, indicating flow of water within ... -
Modelling of multiphase flow in evaporation tests in concrete columns
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Villar, M.V. (2013)
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Modelling tritium transport, matrix diffusion and multiphase flow in a concrete cell used for storing radioactive waste at El Cabril (Spain)
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017)
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Open Access‘El Cabril’ is the low and intermediate level radioactive waste disposal facility of Spain. Water with high concentration of tritium is collected from a drain, which is situated at the centre of a concrete cell that stores ... -
Multiphase flow models of concrete cells of the radioactive waste disposal facility at El Cabril (Spain)
Chaparro Sánchez, Maria Carme; Saaltink, Maarten Willem (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria del Terreny, Cartogràfica i Geofísica (ETCG), 2015)
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Open AccessEl Cabril is the low and intermediate level radioactive waste disposal facility for Spain. From the start of the filling (1992) until 2003, no water was collected from the drain situated at the centre of the cell. From ... -
PROOST: object-oriented approach to multiphase reactive transport modeling in porous media
Gamazo, Pablo; Slooten, Luit Jan; Carrera Ramírez, Jesús; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Bea, Sergio Andres; Soler Guitart, Joan (2016-03)
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Open AccessReactive transport modeling involves solving several nonlinear coupled phenomena, among them, the flow of fluid phases, the transport of chemical species and energy, and chemical reactions. There are different ways to ... -
Radionuclide migration: coupling transport and chemistry
Carrera Ramírez, Jesús; Ayora Ibáñez, Carlos; Saaltink, Maarten Willem; Dentz, Marco (Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2012)
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