Dissolution processes modeling of nonaqueous phase perchloroethylene in saturated soil column

Author

Xu, Zengguang ; Yanqing Wu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

3

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1742

Lastpage

1745

Abstract

Dissolution of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (NAPLs) is an important subsurface transport process. However, the NAPLs dissolution processes in groundwater depend on several parameters and become an inherently complex problem. Perchloroethylene (PCE) can be known as Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs). In this paper, authors developed a one-dimensional model to simulate the fate and transport of PCE originating from a DNAPLs zone in saturated aquifer. Also, sensitivity analyses for bulk mass transfer coefficient and concentration change of PCE-DNAPL during dissolution process are performed. The results showed that the bulk mass transfer coefficients played an important role in dissolution processes of DNAPLs. Also, initial concentration of DNAPLs may influence the peak of aqueous-phase contamination and dissolution time.

Keywords

dissolving; geochemistry; groundwater; mass transfer; organic compounds; soil; water pollution; Dense NonAqueous Phase Liquids; bulk mass transfer coefficient; concentration change; dissolution process; groundwater; nonaqueous phase perchloroethylene; saturated soil column; subsurface transport process; Area measurement; Atmospheric modeling; Geology; dense non-aqueous phase liquids; dissolution processes; mass transfer coefficients; model; perchloroethylen;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-339-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893584

Filename

5893584