Equilibrium nonaqueous phase liquid pool geometry in coarse soils with discrete textural interfaces

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 239-260

  Miller, C D ^a   Durnford, D S ^b   Fowler, A B ^c  

^a Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

DNAPL; Groundwater; Hysteresis; LNAPL; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULICS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOILS;

COARSE SOILS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL);

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYSTERESIS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYSTERESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER QUALITY;

FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 2442419253     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Abdul A.S. Migration of petroleum products through sandy hydrogeologic systems. Ground Water Monitoring Review. 8:1988;73-81
2. Adamson A.W. Physical Chemistry of Surface. 1982;Interscience Publishers, New York, NY
3. Baker R.S., Hillel D. Laboratory tests of a theory of fingering during infiltration into layered soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 54:1990;20-30
4. Chevalier L.R. Experimental and numerical evaluation of LNAPL lens and polluted capillary fringe thickness. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering. 124(2):1998;156-161
5. Cohen, R.M., Mercer, J.W., 1993. DNAPL Site Evaluation. C.K. Smoley and CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
6. Corey A.T. Pore-size distribution. van Genuchten M.Th., Leij F.J., Lund L.J. Indirect Methods for Estimating the Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Soils. 1992;University of California, Riverside, CA
7. Corey A. Mechanics of Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media. 1994;37-44 Water Resources Publications, Littleton, CO
8. Dekker T.J., Abriola L.M. The influence of field-scale heterogeneity on surfactant-enhanced remediation of entrapped nonaqueous phase liquids. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 42:2000;219-251
9. Domenico P.A., Schwartz F.W. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. 1998;Wiley, New York, NY
10. Dullien F.A.L. Porous Media: Fluid Transport and Pore Structure. 1992;Academic Press, San Diego, CA
11. Essaid H.I., Heckelrath W.N., Hess K.M. Simulation of fluid distributions observed at a crude oil spill site incorporating hysteresis, oil entrapment and spatial variability of hydraulic properties. Water Resources Research. 29(6):1993;1753-1770
12. Farr A.M., Houghtalen R.J., McWhorter D.B. Volume estimation of light nonaqueous phase liquids in porous media. Ground Water. 28(1):1990;48-56
13. Hogarth W.L., Hopmans J., Parlange J.-Y., Haverkamp R. Application of a simple soil-water hysteresis model. Journal of Hydrology. 98:1988;21-29
14. Illangasekare T.H., Ramsey J.L. Jr., Jensen K.H., Butts M.B. Experimental study of movement and distribution of dense organic contaminants in heterogeneous aquifers. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 20:1995;1-25
15. Kueper B.H., Frind E.O. Two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media: 1. Model development. Water Resources Research. 31(12):1991;1980-2971
16. Kueper B.H., Redman D., Starr R.B., Reitsma S., Mah M. A field experiment to study the behavior of tetrachloroethylene below the water table: spatial distribution of residual and pooled DNAPL. Ground Water. 31(5):1993;756-766
17. Lenhard R.J. Measurement and modeling of three-phase saturation-pressure hysteresis. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 9:1992;243-269
18. Lenhard R.J., Johnson T.G., Parker J.C. Experimental observations of non-aqueous phase liquid subsurface movement. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 12:1993;79-101
19. Liu Y., Bierck B.R., Selker J.S., Steenhuis T.S., Parlange J.-Y. High intensity X-ray and tensiometer measurements in rapidly changing preferential flow fields. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 57:1993;1188-1192
20. Lundegard P.D., Andersen G. Multiphase numerical simulation of air sparging performance. Ground Water. 34(3):1996;451-460
21. Lundegard P.D., LaBrecque D. Air sparging in a sandy aquifer (Florence, Oregon, U.S.A.): actual and apparent radius of influence. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 19(1):1995;1-27
22. Mercer J.W., Cohen R.M. A review of immiscible fluids in the subsurface: properties, models, characterization and remediation. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 6:1990;107-163
23. McBride J.F., Simmons C.S., Cary J.W. Interfacial spreading effect on one-dimensional organic liquid imbibition in water-wetted porous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 11:1992;1-25
24. McWhorter D.B., Kueper B.H. Mechanics and mathematics of the movement of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in porous media. Pankow J.F., Cherry J.A Dense Chlorinated Solvents and other DNAPLs in Groundwater. 1996;475-506 Waterloo Press, Portland, OR
25. Miller, C.D., 1997. Immiscible fluids in layered porous media: examples of accessibility and hysteresis. MS thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
26. Nambi I.M., Powers S.E. NAPL dissolution in heterogeneous systems: an experimental investigation in a simple heterogeneous system. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 44:2000;161-184
27. Ostendorf D.W., Richards R.J., Beck F.P. LNAPL retention in sandy soil. Ground Water. 31:1993;285-292
28. Pankow J.F., Cherry J.A. Dense Chlorinated Solvents and other DNAPLs in Groundwater. 1996;Waterloo Press, Guelph, ON
29. Pantazidou M., Sitar N. Emplacement of nonaqueous liquids in the vadose zone. Water Resources Research. 29:1993;705-722
30. Rad N.S., Tumay M.T. Factors affecting sand specimen preparation by raining. Geotechnical Testing Journal, GTJODJ. 10(1):1985;31-37
31. Schroth M.H., Istok J.D., Ahearn S.J., Selker J.S. Geometry and position of light nonaqueous-phase liquid lenses in water-wetted porous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 19:1995;269-287
32. Schwille F. Dense Chlorinated Solvents in Porous and Fractured Media. 1988;Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. Translated by J.F. Pankow
33. Sleep B.E., Sehayek L., Chien C.C. A modeling and experimental study of light nonaqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) accumulation in wells and LNAPL recovery from wells. Water Resources Research. 36(12):2000;3535-3545
34. Swanson, A., 1997. A conceptual model for an LNAPL lens. MS thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
35. Thomson N.R., Graham D.N., Farquar G.J. One-dimensional immiscible displacement experiments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 10:1992;197-223
36. van Geel P.J., Sykes J.F. Laboratory and model simulations of an LNAPL spill in a variably-saturated sand medium: 1. Laboratory experiment and image analysis techniques. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 17:1994;1-25
37. van Geel P.J., Sykes J.F. Laboratory and model simulations of an LNAPL spill in a variably-saturated sand medium: 2. Comparison of laboratory and model results. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 17:1994;27-53
38. van Geel P.J., Sykes J.F. The importance of fluid entrapment, saturation hysteresis and residual saturations on the distribution of a lighter-than-water non-aqueous phase liquid in a variably saturated sand medium. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 25:1997;249-270
39. Vroblesky D.A., Robertson J.F., Rhodes L.D. Stratigraphic trapping of spilled jet fuel beneath the water table. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. 15(2):1995;177-183
40. Wilson J.L. Pore scale behavior of spreading and non-spreading organic liquids in the vadose zone. Weyer K.U. Subsurface Contamination by Immiscible Fluids. 1992;107-114 Balkema, Rotterdam