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| Title: | Applying a one-dimensional mass transport model using ground water concentration data |
| Author (s): | Elmore, A. |
| Department/Lab Affiliations: | Geological Sciences & Engineering |
| Keywords: | Data Analysis Design Environmental engineering Groundwater Mass transport Numerical modeling |
| Issue Date: | 2007-04 |
| Publisher: | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Citation: | Elmore, Curt A. "Applying a One-Dimensional Mass Transport Model Using Groundwater Concentration Data." Journal of Environmental Engineering, vol. 133, no. 4, (2007). |
| Abstract: | One-dimensional analytical mass transport models are familiar to environmental professionals because they are typically used as learning devices in undergraduate groundwater courses. The application of the models requires relatively certain knowledge of contaminant release to the saturated zone. However, release data are typically not reliably known at sites with uncontrolled contaminant releases. A mass balance approach has been developed to calculate contaminant release parameters based on site-specific groundwater concentration data. Standard numerical calibration and sensitivity analysis techniques were modified for use with the one-dimensional spreadsheet model. A groundwater concentration dataset from a Superfund site was used to evaluate three schemes for calculating the model initial concentration. The site application demonstrates how the spreadsheet model could be used for preliminary remediation system comparisons including restoration time estimating. The use of the spreadsheet model may reduce the effort associated with subsequent numerical modeling typically required for remedial design. The spreadsheet application highlights the importance of collecting physical data with groundwater concentration data. |
| Type: | Article - Journal text |
| In Title: | Journal of Environmental Engineering |
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| title | Applying a one-dimensional mass transport model using ground water concentration data |
| contributor.author | Elmore, A. |
| contributor.deptlab | Geological Sciences & Engineering |
| subject | Data Analysis |
| subject | Design |
| subject | Environmental engineering |
| subject | Groundwater |
| subject | Mass transport |
| subject | Numerical modeling |
| date.issued | 2007-04 |
| publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| identifier.citation | Elmore, Curt A. "Applying a One-Dimensional Mass Transport Model Using Groundwater Concentration Data." Journal of Environmental Engineering, vol. 133, no. 4, (2007). |
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| description.abstract | One-dimensional analytical mass transport models are familiar to environmental professionals because they are typically used as learning devices in undergraduate groundwater courses. The application of the models requires relatively certain knowledge of contaminant release to the saturated zone. However, release data are typically not reliably known at sites with uncontrolled contaminant releases. A mass balance approach has been developed to calculate contaminant release parameters based on site-specific groundwater concentration data. Standard numerical calibration and sensitivity analysis techniques were modified for use with the one-dimensional spreadsheet model. A groundwater concentration dataset from a Superfund site was used to evaluate three schemes for calculating the model initial concentration. The site application demonstrates how the spreadsheet model could be used for preliminary remediation system comparisons including restoration time estimating. The use of the spreadsheet model may reduce the effort associated with subsequent numerical modeling typically required for remedial design. The spreadsheet application highlights the importance of collecting physical data with groundwater concentration data. |
| type | Article - Journal |
| type.DCMIType | text |
| type.status | Final version |
| rights | This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. |
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| relation.isPartOf | Journal of Environmental Engineering |
| date.accessioned | 2007-04-11T17:00:48Z |
| date.available | 2008-04-15T18:27:44Z |
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