Remediation of NAPL below the water table by steam-induced heat conduction

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
J GudbjergK H Jensen

Abstract

Previous experimental studies have shown that NAPL will be removed when it is contacted by steam. However, in full-scale operations, steam may not contact the NAPL directly and this is the situation addressed in this study. A two-dimensional intermediate scale sand box experiment was performed where an organic contaminant was emplaced below the water table at the interface between a coarse and a fine sand layer. Steam was injected above the water table and after an initial heating period the contaminant was recovered at the outlet. The experiment was successfully modeled using the numerical code T2VOC and the dominant removal mechanism was identified to be heat conduction induced boiling of the separate phase contaminant. Subsequent numerical modeling showed that this mechanism was insensitive to the porous medium properties and that it could be evaluated by considering only one-dimensional heat conduction.

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May 15, 2012·Journal of Contaminant Hydrology·Fei ChenLawrence C Murdoch
Nov 11, 2011·Chemosphere·Fei ChenLawrence C Murdoch
Dec 22, 2004·Journal of Contaminant Hydrology·J GudbjergK H Jensen
Jul 30, 2010·Environmental Science & Technology·Fei ChenLawrence C Murdoch

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