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Evaluation and modeling of volatile organic vapor transport in the unsaturated zone for ground-water-quality protection. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5028846
The effects of hydraulic and temperature gradients on the emissions of hazardous organic vapors from soil systems were evaluated under a variety of initial and boundary conditions. To provide necessary environmental fate input data for transport modeling, laboratory investigations were undertaken to evaluate the effects of temperature on soil liquid-transport coefficients and multiphase soil-distribution constants. Distribution coefficient determinations were evaluated using multiphase versus two-phase, and single component versus multicomponent systems, and the feasibility and accuracy of computational methods for estimating multiphase/multicomponent distribution coefficients was investigated. The vapor-diffusions coefficients of three soils were determined as a function of bulk density, liquid content, and vapor composition. Partition coefficients determined for ten volatile compounds introduced individually into batch-equilibrium reactors were statistically equivalent to those determined when introduced as a mixture of ten compounds; linear isotherms adequately described these distribution relationships over the range of volatile organic chemical concentrations examined in the study.
Research Organization:
Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (USA). Utah Water Research Lab.
OSTI ID:
5028846
Report Number(s):
PB-90-119736/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English