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Modeling the Influence of Water Content on Soil Vapor Extraction

Hongkyu Yoon, Albert J. Valocchi* and Charles J. Werth

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 N. Mathews Ave., MC-250, Urbana, IL 61801


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Fig. 1. Conceptual model of mass transfer processes during soil vapor extraction.

 


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Fig. 2. Ratio of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL)–gas mass transfer coefficient to initial mass transfer coefficient as a function of water saturation (Eq. [7] and [8]) at different remaining NAPL saturations.

 


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Fig. 3. Capillary pressure–saturation curves of Rossi and Nimmo model (RNM) fitted to experimental data of two Hanford soils for Case I and Case II.

 


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Fig. 4. Predicted dimensionless mass remaining and effluent gas concentration with time (Case I, Run 1).

 


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Fig. 5. Spatial profile of mass remaining and concentration after 4 d (Case I, Run 1).

 


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Fig. 6. Spatial profile of water saturation at different times (Case I, Run 1).

 


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Fig. 7. Spatial profile of temperature at different times (Case I, Run 1).

 


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Fig. 8. Spatial profile of water saturation at different times for Case I, Run 16 (symbols) and Case I, Run 17 (symbols with line).

 


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Fig. 9. Comparison of cleanup times in Case I.

 


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Fig. 10. Predicted dimensionless mass remaining and effluent gas concentration with time (Case II, Run 1).

 


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Fig. 11. Spatial profile at different times for Case II, Run 1 simulated in Fig. 10; (a) 100 d, (b) 300 d, (c) 600 d, and (d) 700 d.

 


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Fig. 12. Comparison of cleanup times in Case II.

 





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