Phenomenological models for transient NAPL-water mass-transfer processes文档.pdf

JOURNAL OF Contaminant Hydrology EL~IEVIER Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 16(1994) 1-33 Phenomenological models for transient NAPL-water mass-transfer processes Susan E. Powers a, Linda M. Abriola b, Joyce S. Dunkin c, Walter J. Weber, Jr. b aDepartment q]Civil and Environmental Engineering. Clarkson University, Potsdam. N Y 13699-5715, USA bDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. M! 48109-2125, USA CLimno-Tech. Inc., 2395 Huron Parkway, Ann Arbor, M! 48104, USA (Received October 8, 1993;revision accepted January 26, 1994) Abstract A phenomenological model for transient NAPL dissolution, referred to as the sphere model, is developed. In this model, the mass-transfer coefficient and specific surface areas are quantified independently. The unique aspect of this work is the assumption that the complex distribution of NAPL blob shapes and sizes can be represented by a set of spheres with a range of diameters. The sphere diameter distributions are determined through the entrapment, poly- merization and characterization of styrene blobs in sandy media. Mass-transfer coefficients are estimated from experimental measurements of the dissolution of naphthalene emolaced as solid spheres within sandy media. The phenomenological model describing NAPL dissolution rate