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Michael Richter, Marion Gründig, Klaus Zieger, Anita Seese, Osama Sabri

Positron emission tomography for modelling of geochemical transport processes in clay

The transport of water and salt solutions in unsaturated clay and clay rock was measured using the positron emission tomography (PET). The experimental device is described. KF marked with ¹⁸F was used as conservative hydrodynamic tracer to image the flow profiles at different times. Homogeneous and heterogeneous flow regimes were identified. Hydrodynamic model parameters could be determined for the homogeneous regime. The results demonstrate the advantage of PET measurements for investigations of transport processes in geological matrices. They yield quantitative values of the spatial distribution in regard to the flow pattern inside the samples which are important for the validation and parameter estimation of geochemical transport models.

Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0033-8230
Volume: 93, 09/2005
Pages: 643 - 651

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