| Title: | Determination of Chlorinated Solvent Sorption by Porous Material-Application to Trichloroethene Vapor on Cement Mortar |
| Author(s): | Musielak M; Brusseau ML; Marcoux M; Morrison C; Quintard M; |
| Address: | "Universite de Toulouse; INPT, UPS; IMFT (Institut de Mecanique des Fluides de Toulouse); Allee Prof. Camille Soula, F-31400 Toulouse, France. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States. Universite de Toulouse; INPT, UPS; IMFT (Institut de Mecanique des Fluides de Toulouse); Allee Prof. Camille Soula, F-31400 Toulouse, France ; CNRS; IMFT; F-31400 Toulouse, France" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11242-014-0321-8 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0169-3913 (Print) 1573-1634 (Electronic) 0169-3913 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Experiments have been performed to investigate the sorption of trichloroethene (TCE) vapor by concrete material or, more specifically, the cement mortar component. Gas-flow experiments were conducted using columns packed with small pieces of cement mortar obtained from the grinding of typical concrete material. Transport and retardation of TCE at high vapor concentrations (500 mg L(-1)) was compared to that of a non-reactive gas tracer (Sulfur Hexafluoride, SF6). The results show a large magnitude of retardation (retardation factor = 23) and sorption (sorption coefficient = 10.6 cm(3) g(-1)) for TCE, compared to negligible sorption for SF6. This magnitude of sorption obtained with pollutant vapor is much bigger than the one obtained for aqueous-flow experiments conducted for water-saturated systems. The considerable sorption exhibited for TCE under vapor-flow conditions is attributed to some combination of accumulation at the air-water interface and vapor-phase adsorption, both of which are anticipated to be significant for this system given the large surface area associated with the cement mortar. Transport of both SF6 and TCE was simulated successfully with a two-region physical non-equilibrium model, consistent with the dual-medium structure of the crushed cement mortar. This work emphasizes the importance of taking into account sorption phenomena when modeling transport of volatile organic compounds through concrete material, especially in regard to assessing vapor intrusion" |
| Keywords: | Concrete Effective diffusion Napl Sorption Vapor intrusion; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMusielak, Marion Brusseau, Mark L Marcoux, Manuel Morrison, Candice Quintard, Michel eng P42 ES004940/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ Netherlands 2014/12/23 Transp Porous Media. 2014 Aug; 104(1):77-90. doi: 10.1007/s11242-014-0321-8" |
