This book presents a collection of contributions from experts working on flow and transport in porous media around the globe. The book includes chapters authored by engineers, scientists, and mathematicians on single and multiphase flow and transport in homogeneous as well as heterogeneous porous media. Addressing various experimental, analytical, and modeling aspects of transport in sub-surface domains, the book offers a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and professionals alike.

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Dr. Natarajan Narayanan received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. His research expertise includes numerical modeling of flow and transport in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media, and modeling of coupled processes in fractured porous media. He has publications in international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Berlin Mohanadhas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh, India. He secured his doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. His research interests include numerical modeling of nitrate transport and transformation through unsaturated porous media. He is also working on the transport of petroleum hydrocarbon and radionuclides in the vadose zone, and has published in various international journals and conference proceedings.
Dr. Vasudevan Mangottiri received his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering from Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala in 2007, his M.Tech. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad in 2009, and his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India in 2015. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu. His research areas include numerical modeling of contaminant transport in porous media and environmental remediation of hazardous chemicals. He has published in various international journals and conference proceedings.

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Convective heat and mass transfer of a chemically reacting fluid over a stretching surface in a porous medium with soret and dufour effects and convective boundary condition.- Natural Convection of Cold Water near its Density Maximum in a Porous Wavy Cavity.- Two-phase laminar pulsating nanofluid flow in helical microchannel filled with porous media.- Migration and Capillary Entrapment of Mercury in Porous Media.- Determination of Retardation Coefficients of Organic Compounds in Porous Media.- Characterisation of Colloidal & Reactive Flows in Porous Media from Pressure Measurements. Immiscible Foam for Enhancing Oil Recovery.- A review of mathematical and time series models used in studying acidity and salinity in coastal regions in Australia.