Development a numerical model of flow and contaminant transport in layered soils

Ahmadi, Hossein; Namin, Masoud Montazeri; Kilanehei, Fouad

doi:10.12989/aer.2016.5.4.263

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“…In order to better control capabilities of large sand boxes on the porous medium structure, the boundary conditions and reactions, the transport and remediation of solute and hydrocarbon contaminants in simulated aquifers are repeatedly considered and evaluated (Ahmadi et al, 2016; Armanyous et al, 2016; Citarella et al, 2015; Kamon et al, 2004; Kuang et al, 2013; Liu et al, 2007; Tatti et al, 2018).…”

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Experimental evaluation of self‐remediation mechanism by groundwater flow in unconfined aquifers

Mostafazadeh

Kilanehei

Hassanlourad

2020

Water Environment Research

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The main goal of this study is to investigate the effect of soil properties such as permeability on the dispersion and movement of a water dissolved contaminant in three types of soil in saturated and 2D conditions. The experimental modeling was conducted using a constructed sand box. In order to evaluate the effect of soils particle size on the distribution and self-remediation of the contaminant, three types of soil, as coarse, medium, and fine-grained sand were used. Results of experiments showed that, at the first 25% of the test time, the contaminated area reduction rate in all three specimens varies significantly, so that for the medium and coarse sand, it is 2.2 and 3 times that of fine sand, respectively. The contaminant width reduction at the first 25% of the test time was 5%, 6%, and 35% for the fine, medium, and coarse sand, respectively, while the contaminant length reduction was 13%, 18%, and 37% for the fine, medium, and coarse sand, respectively. In addition, by comparing the contaminant movement in the saturated and semi-saturated areas, it was observed that the longitudinal and transverse movement of the contaminant under the water level are almost 2.5 times of the semisaturated area. © 2020 Water Environment Federation • Practitioner points• Reduction rate of solution area in fine, medium and coarse-grained sample are nearly convex, linear and concave-shaped, respectively. • The remediation process in saturated zones is implemented in both directions with higher intensity in a shorter time than unsaturated zones. • In the strip formed plumes, the volume of the self-remediation is proportional to the time intervals during the test. • In the elliptic masses the self-purification amount is lower at the beginning, due to the small cross-section ending of the contamination mass.

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