Constraints on mass balance of soil moisture during in situ vitrification |
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Authors: | V. Alexiades G. K. Jacobs N. W. Dunbar |
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Affiliation: | (1) Math Department, University of Tennessee, 37996-1300 Knoxville, Tennessee;(2) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA;(3) Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831-6036 Oak Ridge, Tennessee;(4) New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 87801 Socorro, New Mexico |
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Abstract: | In situ vitrification (ISV) is an environmental remediation technology used to melt contaminated soil sites into more stable configurations. The behavior of water and other volatile constituents in the soil-melt system is important to the overall performance of the ISV technology. Mass and volume balance constraints are used to derive a method to indirectly estimate the volume of: (1) soil that dehydrates and releases water vapor to the off-gas, and (2) outside air pulled into the off-gas treatment system. These constraints allow us to speculate on whether some water may remain in the soil rather than being completely transported into the off-gas system. The method is tested with data from a field-scale test. Results suggest that, contrary to previous conceptual models, not all water that is vaporized reaches the surface and captured by the off-gas treatment system. It is probable that some percentage remains within the soil beneath and around the molten ISV mass. |
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Keywords: | Soil moisture Mass balance In situ vitrification |
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