Transient diffusion, adsorption, and emission of volatile organic vapors in soils with fluctuating low water contents

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1054-1063

  Petersen, L W ^a   El Farhan, Y H ^b   Moldrup, P ^c   Rolston, D E ^b   Yamaguchi, T ^d  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOILS; VAPORS;

EQUILIBRIUM PARTITION THEORY; SOIL ADSORPTION CAPACITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT DIFFUSION; TRICHLOROETHANE; VOLATILIZATION FLUX;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE AGENT;

ADSORPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS DIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030248102     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500050018x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

1. Amali, S., and D.E. Rolston. 1993. Theoretical investigation of multicomponent volatile organic vapor diffsuion, steady-state fluxes. J. Environ. Qual. 22:825-831.
2. Baehr, A.L., and C.L. Bruell. 1990. Application of the Stefan-Maxwell equations to determine limitations of Fick's Law when modeling organic vapor transport in sand columns.
3. Chiou, C.T., and T.D. Shoup. 1985. Soil sorption of organic vapors and effects of humidity on sorptive mechanism and capacity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 19:1196-1200.
4. Chiou, C.T., T.D. Shoup, and P.E. Porter. 1985. Mechanistic roles of soil humus and minerals in the sorption of nonionic organic compounds from aqueous and organic solutions. Org. Geochem. 8:9-14.
5. Culver, T.B., C.A. Shoemaker, and L.W. Lion. 1991. Impact of vapor sorption on the subsurface transport of volatile organic compounds: A numerical model and analysis. Water Resour. Res. 27:2259-2270.
6. Drivas, P.J. 1982. Calculation of evaporative emissions from multicomponent liquid spills. Environ. Sci. Technol. 16:726-728.
7. Fuller, E.N., P.D. Schettler, and J.C. Giddings. 1966. A new method for prediction of binary gas-phase diffusion coefficients. Ind. Eng. Chem. 58:19-27.
8. Jury, W.A., D. Russo, G. Streile, and H.E. Abd. 1990. Evaluation of volatilization by organic chemicals residing below the soil surface. Water Resour. Res. 26:13-20.
9. Jury, W.A., W.F. Spencer, and W.J. Farmer. 1983. Behavior assessment model for trace organics in soil: I. Model description. J. Environ. Qual. 12:558-564.
10. Nye, P.H., B. Yaron, Ts. Galin, and Z. Gerstl. 1994. Volatilization of a multicomponent liquid through dry soils: Testing a model. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:269-277.
11. Ong, S.K., and L.W. Lion. 1991a. Mechanisms for trichloroethylene vapor sorption onto soil minerals. J. Environ. Qual. 20:180-188.
12. Ong, S.K., and L.W. Lion. 1991b. Effects of soil properties and moisture on the sorption of trichloroethylene vapor. Water Res. 25:29-36.
13. Ong, S.K., T.B. Culver, L.W. Lion, and C.A. Shoemaker. 1992. Effects of soil moisture and physical-chemical properties of organic pollutants on vapor-phase transport in the vadose zone. J. Contam. Hydrol. 11:273-290.
14. Petersen, L.W., P. Moldrup, Y.H. El-Farhan, O.H. Jacobsen, T. Yamaguchi, and D.E. Rolston. 1995a. The effect of moisture and soil texture on the adsorption of organic vapors. J. Environ. Qual. 24:752-759.
15. Petersen, L.W., D.E. Rolston, P. Moldrup, and T. Yamaguchi. 1994. Volatile organic vapor diffusion and adsorption in soils. J. Environ. Qual. 23:799-805.
16. Petersen, L.W., A. Thomsen, P. Moldrup, O.H. Jacobsen, and D.E. Rolston. 1995b. High-resolution time domain reflectometry: Sensitivity dependency on probe-design. Soil Sci. 159:149-154.
17. Peterson, M.S., L.W. Lion, and C.A. Shoemaker. 1988. Influence of vapor-phase sorption and diffusion on the fate of trichloroethylene in an unsaturated aquifer system. Environ. Sci. Technol. 22:571-578.
18. Rhue, R.D., P.S.C. Rao, and R.E. Smith. 1988. Vapor phase adsorption of alkylbenzenes and water on soils and clays. Chemosphere 17:727-741.
19. Shonnard, D.R., and R.L. Bell. 1993. Benzene emissions from a contaminated air-dry soil with fluctuations of soil temperature or relative humidity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27:2909-2913.
20. Spencer, W.F., and M.M. Cliath. 1973. Pesticide volatilization as related to water loss from soil. J. Environ. Qual. 2:284-289.
21. Stiver, W., and D. Mackay. 1984. Evaporative rate of spills of hydrocarbons and petroleum mixtures. Environ. Sci. Technol. 18: 834-840.
22. Thomsen, A. 1994. Program AUTOTDR for making automated TDR measurements of soil water content. User's guide, vers. 01, January 1994. Danish Inst. of Plant and Soil Science Internal SP Rep. 38. Danish Inst. of Plant and Soil Science, Lyngby, Denmark.
23. Thomsen, A., and H. Thomsen. 1994. Automated TDR measurements: Control box for Tektronix TSS 45 Relay Scanners. Danish Inst. of Plant and Soil Science Internal SP Rep. 10. Danish Inst. of Plant and Soil Science, Lyngby, Denmark.
24. Troeh, F.R., J.D. Jabro, and D. Kirkham. 1982. Gaseous diffusion equations for porous materials. Geoderma 27:239-253.