Title
Significance of well locations and flow rates in bioventing systems design
Abbreviated Journal Title
Vadose Zone J.
Keywords
Environmental Sciences; Soil Science; Water Resources
Abstract
The successful application of bioventing systems for in situ remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated sites depends on many factors including: moisture content, temperature, number and location injection and extraction wells, as well as corresponding airflow rates. The importance of well locations and air flow rates has been explored in this study and their optimal values were obtained via the fixed well method. The design problem was formulated to maximize total contaminant mass removal within a given time frame subject to physical and budgetary constraints. The technique developed herein was applied to a field case study. Results indicate that optimal well locations are found along the mass centerline(s) of the contaminant plume. Furthermore, well location optimization was proven to be more important than pumping rate optimization.
Journal Title
Vadose Zone Journal
Volume
4
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Language
English
First Page
354
Last Page
359
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1539-1663
Recommended Citation
"Significance of well locations and flow rates in bioventing systems design" (2005). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4938.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4938
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