New insight into advection of organic contaminate plume at drain outlet areas

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Jianjun Wei, Associate Professor (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Abstract: To provide insight to optimize organic contaminants treatment at the drain outlet areas due to the discharge from the industrial plants, the fate and transport of variety kinds of organic contaminants were investigated. By taking the chemical properties (molecular weight (MW), Henry’s law constant (H), vapor pressure (Pv), organic carbon normalized soil-water partition coefficient for organic compounds (Koc), water solubility (S), air diffusivity (Da), and water diffusivity (Dw)) of 56 kinds of organic chemical into account, we studied the general transport equation (GTE) regarding the mass balance for the steady-state analysis of the accumulation of a chemical over time by the plume advection. We found that Koc has significant relationship with S and MW of the chemicals. Furthermore, higher organic carbon-water partitioning coefficient of the chemical will make it easier to stay at the drain outlet area, which gives us hints for next research of nanoscale particles for in situ remediation.

Additional Information

Publication
Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 2016, 6, 76-82
Language: English
Date: 2016
Keywords
Environment, Water pollution, Organic contaminant, Transport, Advection, Drain outlet

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