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Environ Pollut

Title:		A source depletion model for vapor intrusion involving the influence of building characteristics
Author(s):		Zhang R; Jiang L; Zhong M; DeVaull G; Lahvis MA; Ma J; Zhou Y; Zheng R; Fu Q;
Address:		"National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modeling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China. National Engineering Research Centre of Urban Environmental Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Risk Modeling and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100037, China. Electronic address: jianglin@cee.cn. Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., Shell Technology Center, Houston, TX, 77082, United States. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, 102249, China. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China"
Journal Title:		Environ Pollut
Year:		2019
Volume:		20181220
Issue:
Page Number:		864 - 872
DOI:		10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.035
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-6424 (Electronic) 0269-7491 (Linking)
Abstract:		"If volatile organic compound (VOC)-contaminated soil exists underneath a building, vapors may migrate upwards and intrude into the interior air of the building. Most previous models used to simulate vapor intrusion (VI) were developed by assuming that the source was constant, although a few recent models, such as the Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) Tool Kit (TK) model, have been developed to consider source depletion (SD). However, the RBCA TK model ignores the effects of building characteristics due to its assumption that the ground is not covered by the actual building it models, which leads to incorrect results since the presence of the building affects the SD. In this study, a SD model is developed based on the three processes of VI while considering the impact of key building parameters on SD. The proposed model (i.e., the SD model) still follows the law of mass conservation, and the sensitivity analysis shows that the soil-building pressure differential (dP) is an important building characteristic that affects SD. Taking trichloroethylene (TCE) for simulation in the case of a soil concentration below the saturation concentration, as the soil permeability decreases, the differences in the results between the SD model and RBCA TK model decrease; as the Peclet number decreases, the effect of the dP on the results of the SD model decreases. The new model only accounts for the migration of contaminants at the source of depletion; therefore, the model is more applicable for these contaminants, which are considered to have low-biodegradable characteristics. Furthermore, since the model emphasizes the impact of buildings on the source, it is applicable when there is a considerable building area above the source, such as large commercial buildings or residential communities with underground parking lots, which exist in most cities"
Keywords:		"Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis Construction Materials Gases/*analysis/*chemistry Housing Models, Theoretical Soil Pollutants/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry *Volatilization Building characteristics Peclet number Source depletion Trichlor;"
Notes:		"MedlineZhang, Ruihuan Jiang, Lin Zhong, Maosheng DeVaull, George Lahvis, Matthew A Ma, Jie Zhou, Youya Zheng, Rui Fu, Quankai eng England 2019/01/10 Environ Pollut. 2019 Mar; 246:864-872. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.035. Epub 2018 Dec 20"