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Published online 16 November 2005
Published in Vadose Zone J 4:1170-1182 (2005)
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0173
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Removal of Carbon Tetrachloride from a Layered Porous Medium by Means of Soil Vapor Extraction Enhanced by Desiccation and Water Table Reduction

M. Oostroma,*, J. H. Daneb and T. W. Wietsmac

a Environmental Technology Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab., P.O. Box 999, MS K9-33, Richland, WA 99354
b Dep. of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL 36849-5412
c Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab., Pacific Northwest National Lab., P.O. Box 999, MS K8-96, Richland, WA 99354



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Fig. 1. Overview of intermediate-scale flow cell (i.l. = injection location; e.l. = extraction location).

 


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Fig. 2. Photograph of initial water distribution.

 


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Fig. 3. Measured initial water saturations.

 


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Fig. 4. Photographs of DNAPL infiltration and redistribution.

 


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Fig. 5. Measured (a) total DNAPL and (b) carbon tetrachloride saturations for equilibrium distribution following the spill.

 


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Fig. 6. Measured carbon tetrachloride saturations after (a) wet soil vapor extracton (WSVE) I, (b) WSVE II, (c) WSVE III, and (d) WSVE IV.

 


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Fig. 7. Outflow carbon tetrachloride concentrations after (a) wet soil vapor extracton (WSVE) I, (b) WSVE II, (c) WSVE III, and (d) WSVE IV.

 


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Fig. 8. Measured (a) carbon tetrachloride and (b) water saturations after water table reduction.

 


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Fig. 9. Photographs of the flow cell after (a) dry soil vapor extracton (DSVE) I, (b) DSVE II, and (c) DSVE III.

 


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Fig. 10. Measured (a) carbon tetrachloride and (b) water saturations after dry soil vapor extracton (DSVE) I.

 


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Fig. 11. Measured (a) carbon tetrachloride and (b) water saturations after dry soil vapor extracton (DSVE) II.

 


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Fig. 12. Measured (a) carbon tetrachloride and (b) water saturations after dry soil vapor extracton (DSVE) III.

 





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