Review of polymer-amended bentonite: Categories, mechanism, modification processes and application in barriers for isolating contaminants

Q Cui, B Chen - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-amended bentonite is a kind of high-performance bentonite material, which has
been widely researched and applied in barrier engineering. This paper summarizes the …

[PDF][PDF] Protecting the environment from contamination with barrier systems: advances and challenges

RK Rowe, S Jefferis - … of the 20th International Conference on Soil …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The state-of-the-art for barriers systems control of pollution migration and hydraulic
structures including liner systems for landfills, mine waste, and dams/lagoons are discussed …

Polymer elution and hydraulic conductivity of bentonite–polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners

K Tian, WJ Likos, CH Benson - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Hydraulic conductivity tests were conducted on two commercially available bentonite–
polymer composite (BPC) geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) containing the same dry blend of …

Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite–polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners permeated with coal combustion product leachates

J Chen, H Salihoglu, CH Benson… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay
liners (GCLs) containing bentonite–polymer composites (BPCs) permeated with coal …

Enhanced bentonites for containment of inorganic waste leachates by GCLs

J Scalia IV, GL Bohnhoff… - Geosynthetics …, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The sensitivity of sodium bentonite (Na-B) to adverse chemical interactions has spurred
development of enhanced bentonites (EBs) for geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) that provide …

Hydraulic performance of geosynthetic clay liners comprising anionic polymer–enhanced bentonites

A Norris, N Aghazamani, J Scalia… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The hydraulic performance of geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) comprising anionic polymer–
enhanced bentonites (EBs), or EB-GCLs, based on permeation with 500 mM NaCl and 167 …

Effect of polyanionic cellulose modification on properties and microstructure of calcium bentonite

FJ Shi, SJ Feng, QT Zheng, XL Zhang, HX Chen - Applied Clay Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil-bentonite slurry trench cutoff walls have been extensively used as engineered barriers
for contaminant containment. In some regions without appropriate sodium bentonite (NaB) …

Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners permeated with bauxite liquor

Q Li, J Chen, CH Benson, D Peng - Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 2021 - Elsevier
The high ionic strength of the porewater in red mud (bauxite liquor from digestion) can
suppress swelling of montmorillonite, resulting in geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) that are too …

Predicting the hydraulic conductivity of compacted soil barriers in landfills using machine learning techniques

Y Tan, P Zhang, J Chen, R Shamet, BH Nam, H Pu - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning models (MLMs) were developed to predict saturated hydraulic
conductivity of compacted soil barriers and help to identify appropriate soils for the …

Hydraulic conductivity of bentonite-polymer geosynthetic clay liners to coal combustion product leachates

B Zainab, C Wireko, D Li, K Tian, T Abichou - Geotextiles and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydraulic conductivity of seven geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) to synthetic coal combustion
product (CCP) leachates were evaluated in this study. The leachates are chemically …