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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Models that link simplified descriptions of dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source zone architecture with predictions of mass flux can be effective screening tools for evaluation of source zone management strategies. Recent efforts have focused on the development and implementation of upscaled models to approximate the relationship between mass removal and flux-averaged, down-gradient contaminant concentration (or mass flux) reduction. The efficacy of these methods has been demonstrated for ganglia-dominated source zones. This work extends these methods to source zones dominated by high-saturation DNAPL pools. An existing upscaled mass transfer model was modified to reproduce dissolution behavior in pool-dominated scenarios by employing a two-domain (ganglia and pools) representation of the source zone. The two-domain upscaled model is parameterized using the initial fraction of the source zone that exists as pool regions, the initial fraction of contaminant eluting from these pool regions, and the flux-averaged down-gradient contaminant concentration. Comparisons of model predictions with a series of three-dimensional source zone numerical simulations and data from two-dimensional aquifer cell experiments demonstrate the ability of the model to predict DNAPL dissolution from ganglia- and pool-dominated source zones for all levels of mass recovery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1873-6009
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Published by Elsevier B.V.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-34
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Predicting DNAPL mass discharge from pool-dominated source zones.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, USA. john.christ@usafa.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.