کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4547442 1627121 2007 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Use of tracer tests to investigate changes in flow and transport properties due to bioclogging of porous media
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات فرآیندهای سطح زمین
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Use of tracer tests to investigate changes in flow and transport properties due to bioclogging of porous media
چکیده انگلیسی

Tracer tests were conducted in three laboratory columns to study changes in the hydraulic properties of a porous medium due to bioclogging. About 30 breakthrough curves (BTCs) for each column were obtained. The BTCs were analyzed using analytical equilibrium and dual-porosity models, and estimates of the hydrodynamic dispersion and mass transfer coefficients were obtained by curve fitting. The change in transport properties developed in three stages: an initial phase (I) with no significant changes in transport properties, phase II with growth of biomass near the inlet of the columns causing changes in dispersivity, and phase III with added growth of micro-colonies deeper in the columns causing mass transfer of solutes from the water phase to the biophase. Tracer transport changed from being uniform to more non-uniform with increase in mass transfer of the tracer between the mobile phase and the immobile biomass. An increase in the bulk dispersivity value of up to one order of magnitude was observed. Numerical simulations suggest that local dispersivity values may be as much as 40 times higher in the more severe clogged areas inside the column. The bulk hydraulic conductivities of the columns decreased by up to three orders of magnitude. The hydraulic conductivity and dispersivity parameters were almost recovered after disinfection of the columns. Different models relating the changes of the hydraulic conductivity to the changes in the mobile porosity due to bioclogging were reviewed, and the micro-colony relation of Thullner et al. [Thullner, M., Zeyer, J., Kinzelbach, W., 2002. Influence of microbial growth on hydraulic properties of pore networks, Transport in Porous Media, 49, 99–122.] was found to best describe the relation between the bulk hydraulic parameters.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology - Volume 93, Issues 1–4, 15 August 2007, Pages 58–71
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