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Environ Sci Technol

Title:		Measurement of air and VOC vapor fluxes during gas-driven soil remediation: bench-scale experiments
Author(s):		Kim H; Kim T; Shin S; Annable MD;
Address:		"Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Korea. heonki@hallym.ac.kr"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Technol
Year:		2012
Volume:		20120719
Issue:		17
Page Number:		9533 - 9540
DOI:		10.1021/es300821y
ISSN/ISBN:		1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Linking)
Abstract:		"In this laboratory study, an experimental method was developed for the quantitative analyses of gas fluxes in soil during advective air flow. One-dimensional column and two- and three-dimensional flow chamber models were used in this study. For the air flux measurement, n-octane vapor was used as a tracer, and it was introduced in the air flow entering the physical models. The tracer (n-octane) in the gas effluent from the models was captured for a finite period of time using a pack of activated carbon, which then was analyzed for the mass of n-octane. The air flux was calculated based on the mass of n-octane captured by the activated carbon and the inflow concentration. The measured air fluxes are in good agreement with the actual values for one- and two-dimensional model experiments. Using both the two- and three-dimensional models, the distribution of the air flux at the soil surface was measured. The distribution of the air flux was found to be affected by the depth of the saturated zone. The flux and flux distribution of a volatile contaminant (perchloroethene) was also measured by using the two-dimensional model. Quantitative information of both air and contaminant flux may be very beneficial for analyzing the performance of gas-driven subsurface remediation processes including soil vapor extraction and air sparging"
Keywords:		Air/analysis Environmental Restoration and Remediation/*instrumentation Equipment Design Gases/*chemistry Soil/*analysis Soil Pollutants/*isolation & purification Volatile Organic Compounds/*isolation & purification Volatilization;
Notes:		"MedlineKim, Heonki Kim, Taeyun Shin, Seungyeop Annable, Michael D eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2012/07/11 Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Sep 4; 46(17):9533-40. doi: 10.1021/es300821y. Epub 2012 Jul 19"