Wettability effects on the natural remobilization of mixed DNAPL pools

Although commonly considered immobile, certain multicomponent DNAPL pools may remobilize simply through compositional changes caused by the preferential dissolution of components of higher solubility. This process, termed natural remobilization, was previously demonstrated for open pools and pools within porous media in a 2-dimensional flow cell. The potential for remobilization is controlled by the capillary pressure at the pool boundaries and …