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- Title
Desorption kinetics of trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene from aged dense nonaqueous phase liquid-contaminated soil.
- Authors
Ahmed, Ashraf A.; Chen, Daoyi
- Abstract
Batch experiments were conducted to investigate the desorption kinetics of a contaminated soil collected from a field site at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah. The site has been contaminated with many dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), primarily trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), for more than 60 years. Similar desorptive behaviour of both TCE and PCE was observed: a stage of fast release of the contaminant at the start followed by a very slow stage. Moreover, it is suggested that not all the contaminant in the solid phase may be released to the aqueous phase, apparently due to the age factor. Local variations were observed in the effective diffusivity and other sorption-related parameters across the site due to aquifer heterogeneity. Experimental results were then simulated using a numerical code based on the intraparticle diffusion model. Good agreement was found between both results.
- Subjects
SOILS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; SOIL remediation; NONAQUEOUS phase liquids
- Publication
Water & Environment Journal, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
1747-6585
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00175.x