Predictions of long-term performance of granular iron permeable reactive barriers: Field-scale evaluation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-64

  Jeen, Sung Wook ^a   Gillham, Robert W ^a   Przepiora, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b EnviroMetal Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granular iron; Long term performance; Moffett field scale permeable reactive barrier (PRB); Reactive transport model; Secondary mineral precipitation

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR IRON; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MOFFETT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; SECONDARY MINERAL PRECIPITATION;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; MINERALS; MODELS; SILICATE MINERALS; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CARBONIC ACID; GROUND WATER; IRON; MINERAL;

FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTIVE BARRIER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SECONDARY MINERAL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GRANULAR IRON PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDROGENOLYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBONATES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IRON; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79952195344     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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