A Screening Model for Injection-ExtractionTreatment Well Recirculation System Design
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Pickenpaugh, Monica
Smits, Kathleen
Goltz, Mark
Christ, John
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2008
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Article
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en_US
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Implementation of injection-extraction treatment well pairs for in situ, in-well, or on-site remediation may be facilitatedby development and application of modeling tools to aid in hydraulic design and remediation technology selection. In this study, complex potential theory was employed to derive a simple one-step design equation and related type curves that permit the calculation of the extraction well capture zone and the hydraulic recirculation between an injection and extraction well pair oriented perpendicular to regional flow. This equation may be used to aid in the design of traditional fully screened injection-extraction wells as well as innovative tandem recirculating wells when an adequate geologic barrier to vertical ground water flow exists. Simplified models describing in situ bioremediation, in-well vapor stripping, and in-well metal reactor treatment efficiency were adapted from the literature and coupled with the hydraulic design equation presented here. Equations and type curves that combine the remediation treatment efficiency with the hydraulic design equation are presented to simulate overall system treatment efficiency under various conditions. The combined model is applied to predictperformance of in situ bioremediation and in-well palladium reactor designs that were previously described in the literature. This model is expected to aid practitioners in treatment system screening and evaluation.
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Wu MY, Smits KM, Goltz MN, Christ JA. A Screening Model for Injection-Extraction Treatment Well Recirculation System Design. GROUND WATER MONITORING AND REMEDIATION. 2008;28(4):63-71. Accessed December 17, 2024. https://research-ebsco-com.usafa.idm.oclc.org/linkprocessor/plink?id=db66cebc-372c-3727-855d-cef90303aba6
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Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation