Adsorption of PFOA at the air–water interface during transport in unsaturated porous media

Y Lyu, ML Brusseau, W Chen, N Yan… - … Science & Technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Miscible-displacement experiments are conducted with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to
determine the contribution of adsorption at the air–water interface to retention during …

Solute reactive tracers for hydrogeological applications: a short review and future prospects

V Cao, M Schaffer, R Taherdangkoo, T Licha - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tracer testing is a mature technology used for characterizing aquatic flow systems. To gain
more insights from tracer tests a combination of conservative (non-reactive) tracers together …

Assessing the potential contributions of additional retention processes to PFAS retardation in the subsurface

ML Brusseau - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the transport and fate of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) in the subsurface is critical for accurate risk assessments and design of …

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 …

Determining air-water interfacial areas for the retention and transport of PFAS and other interfacially active solutes in unsaturated porous media

ML Brusseau - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to determine the methods that produce the most
representative measurements and estimations of air-water interfacial area specifically for the …

A modified HYDRUS model for simulating PFAS transport in the vadose zone

JAK Silva, J Šimůnek, JE McCray - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The HYDRUS unsaturated flow and transport model was modified to simulate the effects of
non-linear air-water interfacial (AWI) adsorption, solution surface tension-induced flow, and …

Insights into the relationships among capillary pressure, saturation, interfacial area and relative permeability using pore-network modeling

V Joekar-Niasar, SM Hassanizadeh… - Transport in porous media, 2008 - Springer
To gain insight in relationships among capillary pressure, interfacial area, saturation, and
relative permeability in two-phase flow in porous media, we have developed two types of …

Evaluating air-water and NAPL-water interfacial adsorption and retention of Perfluorocarboxylic acids within the Vadose zone

JAK Silva, WA Martin, JL Johnson… - Journal of contaminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
The release and transport of linear perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCA) within the vadose-zone
beneath per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS)-and non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) …

Estimating the relative magnitudes of adsorption to solid-water and air/oil-water interfaces for per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances

ML Brusseau - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have attracted considerable concern due to
their widespread occurrence in the environment and potential human health risks. Given the …

Examining the robustness and concentration dependency of PFAS air-water and NAPL-water interfacial adsorption coefficients

ML Brusseau - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Determining robust values for the air-water or NAPL-water interfacial adsorption coefficient,
K IA, is key to characterizing and modeling PFAS transport and fate in several environmental …