Abstract
In situ solvent extraction involving continuous injection-recovery of solvent water solutions has been proposed for removal of coal tar and other nonaqueous phase liquids from the subsurface environment. A modified in situ solvent extraction technique involving an interrupted injection-recovery procedure was examined with a view toward improved recovery efficiency. Design of an interrupted pumping process for in situ solvent extraction was examined, and an initial comparison of the interrupted pumping process with the continuous pumping process was performed by simulation. A two-dimensional solute transport model was modified to incorporate the mass transfer processes involved during the shut-in and continuous flow periods. This model was thereafter used to simulate application of the interrupted and the continuous pumping processes at a hypothetical manufactured gas plant site. The predicted coal-tar recovery rates did not differ significantly for the interrupted and continuous pumping processes, but the interrupted pumping process was consistently more efficient in terms of solvent requirements and pumping duration needed it appears that interrupted pumping offers somewhat faster mass removal rates and somewhat reduced pumping requirements to reach a particular remediation goal.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 295-304 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Water Environment Research |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Chemistry
- Ecological Modeling
- Water Science and Technology
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution
Keywords
- coal tar
- extraction
- groundwater
- pumping
- remediation
- solvent