Soil contamination and remediation

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Table of contents

Part 1 – Substantial summary in French
1. Introduction générale
2. Considerations théoriques
3. Etude expérimentale
3.1. Fluides et matériels
3.2. Dispositifs expérimentales
3.3. Procédures expérimentales
4. Etude théorique : technique de changement d’échelle
4.1. Description de l’écoulement de la mousse à l’échelle du pore
4.2. Caractéristiques des cellules unitaires
4.3. Changement d’échelle
5. Résultats et discussion
5.1. Etude expérimentale
5.1.1. Génération de mousse en milieu poreux
5.1.2. Rhéologie de la mousse
5.1.3. Écoulement de mousse en milieu poreux (échelle de Darcy)
5.1.4. Rhéologie de la mousse dans les tubes capillaires : effet du diamètre du tube, du matériau et de la textur
5.2. Etude théorique : changement d’échelle de l’écoulement de mousse en milieu poreux
5.2.1. Influence de la qualité de la mousse
5.2.2. Effet de la géométrie des milieux poreux
6. Conclusion générale
Part 2 – Dissertation in English
1.1. Statement of the problem
1.2. Bulk foam
1.2.1. Surfactant
1.2.2. Foam formation
1.2.3. Foam quality and structure
1.2.4. Foam density
1.2.5. Foam stability
1.2.6. Bubble size and shape
1.2.7. Foam rheology and yield stress
1.3. Porous media
1.3.1. Fluid flow in porous media
1.4. Foam in porous media
1.4.1. Mechanisms of foam generation in porous media
1.4.2. Foam flow in porous media
1.5. Soil contamination and remediation
1.6. Foam for soil remediation
1.6.1. Benefits of foam application for contaminated-soil remediation
1.6.2. Review of foam applications on contaminated-soil remediation
1.7. Modeling foam flow in porous media
1.8. Upscaling techniques and upscaling of foam flow in porous media
1.9. Scope of the thesis and organization
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Theoretical considerations
2.3. Foam characterization
2.3.1. Selection of a surfactant and the surfactant concentration
2.3.2. Gas selection
2.4. Experimental details
2.4.1. Materials
2.4.2. Experimental setup
2.4.3. Experimental procedure
2.4.4. Strategy
2.5. Results and Discussion
2.5.1. Foam generation in highly permeable porous media
2.5.2. Effect of foam quality on foam flow behavior
2.5.3. Effect of foam bubble size on foam rheology
2.5.4. Effect of grain size (permeability) on foam rheology
2.6. Conclusions
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Theoretical considerations
3.3. Experimental approach
3.3.1. Fluids and materials
3.3.2. Experimental setups
3.3.3. Experimental procedures
3.4. Theoretical approach: upscaling technique
3.4.1. Description of foam flow at the pore scale
3.4.2. Characteristics of the microstructure
3.4.3. Upscaling
3.5. Results and discussion
3.5.1. Rheology of bulk foam
3.5.2. Rheology of foam in porous media (Darcy scale)
3.5.3. Upscaling of foam flow
3.6. Conclusion
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Theoretical considerations
4.3. Experimental study
4.3.1. Fluids and materials
4.3.2. Experimental setup
4.3.3. Experimental procedure
4.4. Results and discussion
4.4.1. Foam quality in capillary tubes: effect of tube material and inside diameter on foam flow
4.4.2. Foam rheology in capillary tubes: effect of tube diameter, material and foam texture
4.4.3. Consistency of the foam behavior in capillary tubes with the rheology of bulk foam
4.5. Conclusion
4.6. Perspectives
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Perspectives
5.2.1. Surfactant and gas for blocking foam
5.2.2. Foam generator and main columns
5.2.3. Bubble size
5.2.4. Compressibility
5.2.5. Upscaling
5.2.6. Wall slip velocity and surface roughness in capillary tubes
Appendix A
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