Transport of bacteria in porous media and its enhancement by surfactants for bioaugmentation: a review

H Zhong, G Liu, Y Jiang, J Yang, Y Liu, X Yang… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Elsevier
The success of bioaugmentation processes for groundwater bioremediation requires
efficient transport of bacteria in the subsurface environment. In this paper, the factors that …

Interphase mass transfer between fluids in subsurface formations: A review

B Agaoglu, NK Copty, T Scheytt… - Advances in Water …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the state-of-the-art on interphase mass transfer between
immiscible fluids in porous media with focus on the factors that have significant influence on …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing remediation of residual DNAPL in multilayer aquifers: Post-injection of alcohol-surfactant-polymer mixtures

A Alamooti, S Colombano, A Shoker… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although polymer-surfactant injection is an effective remediation technology for multilayer
aquifers contaminated by Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPL), the existence of …

Surfactant-enhanced in-situ oxidation of DNAPL source zone: Experiments and numerical modeling

Z Demiray, NH Akyol, G Akyol, NK Copty - Journal of Contaminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study we investigate the synergetic effects of combining surfactant-enhanced
dissolution with in-situ oxidation of a pool-dominated PCE DNAPL source zone entrapped in …

Influencing of hydrogeochemical conditions and engineering parameters on phase behaviors and remediation performance of in-situ microemulsion for residual PCE …

Y Mo, J Dong, X Liang, J Bai - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
In-situ microemulsion has great potential for remediation of chlorinated solvent
contaminated aquifers due to its efficient solubilization, and the in-situ formation and phase …

Enhanced mass transfer of residual NAPL by convection in stagnant zone

Z Wang, P Yang, H Guo, Y Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Cosolvent flushing is a promising method to improve NAPLs (non-aqueous phase liquids)
removal. Nevertheless, the removal performance is undermined by the tailing phenomenon …

Mechanisms of simultaneous removal of multiple chlorinated hydrocarbons in aquifers by in-situ microemulsion

Y Mo, Y Han, J Dong, X Liang, W Zhang - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
The chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHs) are typically released to the aquifer as complex
mixture, and the contaminant type takes the critical action on the in-situ microemulsion …

Experiments and sensitivity coefficients analysis for multiphase flow model calibration of enhanced DNAPL dissolution

AG Karaoglu, NK Copty, NH Akyol, SA Kilavuz… - Journal of contaminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
Multiphase flow modeling is often used for the comparison and optimization of subsurface
nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) remediation schemes. The calibration of such models is a …

Experimental investigation of cosolvent flushing of DNAPL in double-porosity soil using light transmission visualization

MYD Alazaiza, NK Copty, Z Abunada - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of cosolvent content and flushing velocity on the
remediation of dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) in double-porosity medium using …

Effects of pore‐scale heterogeneity on macroscopic NAPL dissolution efficiency: A two‐scale numerical simulation study

M Aminnaji, A Rabbani, V J. Niasar… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Interphase mass transfer or dissolution coefficient of nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPL) is
an important parameter in predicting the transport of contaminant species in porous media …