A review of NAPL source zone remediation efficiency and the mass flux approach

K Soga, JWE Page, TH Illangasekare - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2004 - Elsevier
A number of previous studies are reviewed to examine the actual reduction of NAPL from
source zones and the effectiveness of the specific technique of remediation used at sites …

NAPL source zone characterization and remediation technology performance assessment: recent developments and applications of tracer techniques

PSC Rao, MD Annable, H Kim - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2000 - Elsevier
Several innovative tracer techniques have been introduced during the past 5 years for
enhanced characterization of the “source zones” at sites contaminated with non-aqueous …

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 …

NAPL dissolution in heterogeneous systems: an experimental investigation in a simple heterogeneous system

IM Nambi, SE Powers - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2000 - Elsevier
Dissolution experiments were conducted in a two-dimensional cell with simple
heterogeneous packing consisting of well-defined coarse lenses contaminated by NAPL …

Determination of specific NAPL–water interfacial areas of residual NAPLs in porous media using the interfacial tracers technique

KP Saripalli, PSC Rao, MD Annable - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 1998 - Elsevier
We present here an application of a new experimental method called theinterfacial tracers
technique'(IFTT), using tracer retardation by adsorption as the basis, to determine the …

Simple screening models of NAPL dissolution in the subsurface

J Zhu, JF Sykes - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2004 - Elsevier
Three simple screening models of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) dissolution in the
subsurface are proposed based on the NAPL mass conservation and the assumption of …

Groundwater contaminant flux reduction resulting from nonaqueous phase liquid mass reduction

JW Jawitz, AD Fure, GG Demmy… - Water Resources …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents a stream tube–based analytical approach to evaluate reduction in
groundwater contaminant flux resulting from partial mass reduction in a nonaqueous phase …

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 …

Partitioning tracer test for detection, estimation, and remediation performance assessment of subsurface nonaqueous phase liquids

M Jin, M Delshad, V Dwarakanath… - Water Resources …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we present a partitioning interwell tracer test (PITT) technique for the detection,
estimation, and remediation performance assessment of the subsurface contaminated by …

Field evaluation of interfacial and partitioning tracers for characterization of effective NAPL‐water contact areas

MD Annable, JW Jawitz, PSC Rao, DP Dai… - …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The use of surface‐active tracers for measuring the interfacial area between no aqueous
phase liquids (NAPLs) and water was evaluated in a hydraulically isolated test cell installed …