Significance of well locations and flow rates in bioventing systems design

    Authors

    W. Y. Abu-El-Sha'r;J. Y. Al-Zou'by

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    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

    WOS:000229799800010

    ISSN

    1539-1663

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