Effects of source zone heterogeneity on surfactant-enhanced NAPL dissolution and resulting remediation end-points

S Saenton, TH Illangasekare, K Soga… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2002 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of removal of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) from the entrapment
source zone of the subsurface has been limited by soil heterogeneity and the inability to …

Dissolution and remobilization of NAPL in surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation from microscopic scale simulations

M Ramezanzadeh, M Aminnaji, F Rezanezhad… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the dissolution and mobilization of non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) blobs in
the Surfactant-Enhanced Aquifer Remediation (SEAR) process were upscaled using …

Numerical modelling of the impact of surfactant partitioning on surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation

M Babaei, NK Copty - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
The partitioning of surfactants into non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) during Surfactant-
Enhanced Aquifer Remediation (SEAR) is potentially an important and non-negligible …

Investigation of surfactant-enhanced dissolution of entrapped nonaqueous phase liquid chemicals in a two-dimensional groundwater flow field

T Saba, TH Illangasekare, J Ewing - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2001 - Elsevier
Because of their low solubility, waste chemicals in the form of nonaqueous phase liquids
(NAPLs) that are entrapped in subsurface formations act as long-term sources of …

Effect of groundwater flow dimensionality on mass transfer from entrapped nonaqueous phase liquid contaminants

T Saba, TH Illangasekare - Water Resources Research, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Mass transfer from entrapped nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) at subsurface locations of
environmental contamination typically takes place in three‐dimensional groundwater flow …

Remediation of NAPL source zones: Lessons learned from field studies at Hill and Dover AFB

JE McCray, GR Tick, JW Jawitz, JS Gierke… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Innovative remediation studies were conducted between 1994 and 2004 at sites
contaminated by nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) at Hill and Dover AFB, and included …

Influence of porous media heterogeneity on nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution fingering and upscaled mass transfer

MW Farthing, MA Seyedabbasi… - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The utility of existing models for describing upscaled mass transfer from nonaqueous phase
liquid (NAPL) were examined when preferential dissolution pathways form in NAPL …

The influence of NAPL dissolution characteristics on field-scale contaminant transport in subsurface

J Zhu, JF Sykes - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2000 - Elsevier
A numerical model based on the two-phase method of characteristics (2PMOC) is
developed to account for rate-limited dissolution processes and to examine the groundwater …

An evaluation of Sherwood–Gilland models for NAPL dissolution and their relationship to soil properties

A Kokkinaki, DM O'Carroll, CJ Werth… - Journal of contaminant …, 2013 - Elsevier
Predicting the longevity of non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) source zones has proven to be
a difficult modeling problem that has yet to be resolved. Research efforts towards …

Aquitard contaminant storage and flux resulting from dense nonaqueous phase liquid source zone dissolution and remediation

GH Brown, MC Brooks, AL Wood… - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A one‐dimensional diffusion model was used to investigate the effects of dense
nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source zone dissolution and remediation on the storage …