A parallel algorithm for two phase multicomponent contaminant transport (Q1900120)

When trying to model complex chemical processes, like biological decontamination for instance, one comes across some troubles. The physical, chemical and geologic definition of the problem is a partial one only, and in addition, the chemical process involves interphase mass transfer as well as a host of interphase chemical reactions, including dissolution, ion exchange, adsorption, and so on. It appears that parallel computation offers a useful alternative for simulating such processes, and the present paper shows how this can be made. In section three one describes the parallel implementation of the model (water phase, air phase, state equation, Darcy's law, capillarity pressure, volume balance), and then section four displayes some simulation results.