Impact of nonideal transport upon the effectiveness of pump-and-treat groundwater remediation: A computational investigation

The impact of various nonidealities affecting pump and treat remediation was analyzed using numerical simulations. In particular, the effect of the following important non-idealities was investigated: spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity (K-field heterogeneity), spatial variability of sorption parameters, rate-limited desorption, and the combined effects of the latter two with K-field heterogeneity. Heterogeneous K-fields are modelled as spatially correlated lognormal random fields in this thesis. A hypothetical problem scenario was used to illustrate the effects of most of these nonidealities. The effect of K-field heterogeneity was also examined for a plume formed by naturally leaching conditions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mahinthakumar, Gnanamanikam

Contributors dc:contributor

• Valocchi, Albert J.

• Hydrology
• Engineering, Civil
• Engineering, Sanitary and Municipal
• Environmental Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Mahinthakumar, Gnanamanikam

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543664
(UMI)AAI9543664

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22679