Biological reduction of chlorinated solvents: Batch-scale geochemical modeling

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 969-986

  Kouznetsova, Irina ^a   Mao, Xiaomin ^b   Robinson, Clare ^c   Barry, D A ^c   Gerhard, Jason I ^a   McCarty, Perry L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical reactions; Bioremediation; Chlorinated ethenes; Groundwater; Modeling; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL REDUCTIONS; CALCITE DISSOLUTION; CHLORINATED ETHENES; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; DECAY RATE; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DICHLOROETHENES; DNAPL SOURCE ZONES; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING PROCESS; GAS FORMATION; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INITIAL POPULATION; INTER-PHASE MASS TRANSFER; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING; OVERALL RATE; PH BUFFERING; RESEARCH TOOLS; SELF-INHIBITION; SOURCE ZONE; SULFATE REDUCTION; TRICHLOROETHENES; UTILIZATION RATES; VINYL CHLORIDES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BYPRODUCTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORIDE; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77957016343     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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