• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.12-20
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• 2003

This study presents a mathematical model for simulating the fate and transport of a reactive organic contaminant, TCE, degraded by cometabolism in dual-porosity soils during the installation of in situ biobarrier. To investigate the effect of dual-porosity on transport and biodegradation of organic hydrocarbons, a bimodal approach was incorporated into the model. Modified Monod kinetics and a microcolony concept were employed to represent the effects of biodegrading microbes on the transport and biodegradation of an organic contaminant. The effect of permeability reduction in biobarrier due to biomass accumulation on the flow field were examined in the simulation of a hypothetical field-scale in situ bioaugmentation. Simulation results indicate that the presence of the immobile region can decrease the bioavailability of biodegradable contaminants and that the placement of microbes and nutrients injection wells should be considered for an effective installation of biobarrier during in situ bioaugmentation scheme.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.39 no.6 s.167
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• pp.511-520
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• 2006

Riverbank filtration is a natural process, using alluvial aquifers to remove contaminants and pathogens in river water for the production of drinking water. In Korea, most of the drinking water is supplied by surface water in-take. However, maintaining the quality of the drinking water becomes more and more difficult due to the increase of contamination. In riverbank filtration, the understanding of contaminant transport is an important task for the production of high quality drinking water and for the maintenance of facilities. In this paper, the transport behavior of hydrophobic organic contaminants is investigated when contaminants coexist with dissolved organic matter (DOM) and bacteria. In the developed model, the aquifer is thought of as a four phase system: two mobile colloidal phases, an aqueous phase, and a stationary solid matrix phase. The model equations are solved numerically for various situations. Results indicate that the presence of colloidal matters can enhance the mobility of contaminant significantly and that partitioning coefficients play an important role in the process.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 1994

The contaminant migration through the subsurface of Nanjido landfill is studied using a 2-D finite element model of contaminant transport. The leachate mounding caused by the installation of partial slurry wall around the pheriperal area of the Landfill is analysed using the finite difference model of groundwater flow. Model parameters were validated using in-situ concentration data and the behavior of the transport next 30 years is predicted. The sensitivities of chloride concentration by the change of model parameters, e.g. leachate mounding in the Landfill and the dispersivity are analysed. The results of the analyses show that the maximum chloride concentration level near Han River caused by the leachate of Nanjido Landfill would be 1488mg/1 and comes 17 years after the landfill closure. Increase of the leachate concentration is caused by the increase of both the leachate mounding and the dispersivity. However, the rate of concentration increase becomes higher with the rise of leachate mounding level, while it tends to converge a certain concentration with the increase of the dispersivity.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.229-237
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• 1992

Series system reliability analysis of non-reactive contaminant transport is performed in a two dimensional horizontal domain with two different limit state functions: (1) concentration threshold and (2) exposure time threshold. The transient source transport model is combined with the system reliability model to evaluate the probability that a specified maximum concentration at a node of interest would be exceeded or that a moderate concentration would exceed some exposure limit over a given period of time. The results give probabilities of exceedence greater than probability of each component and they tend to be dominanted by the component with larger probability. Transverse dispersivity turns out to be an important parameter in addition to hydraulic conductivity in a two-dimensional contaminant transport model with transient source. System sensitivity is found to reflect the corresponding sensitivity of both components, with the component with larger probability having a greater influence.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.78-85
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• 2010

This study investigates reducing characteristics for the spreading of dredged soil and the diffusion of contaminant by silt protector curtain through three dimensional numerical experiment. The numerical medel is modified by combining the sediment transport characteristics for cohesive sediment into the previously developed model. Several numerical experiments have been given in order to investigate the reducing effect of silt protector using two dimensional numerical channel model under various parameters such as upstream flow velocity, depth of silt curtain and the position of dumped materials. Through the evaluation of several simulation results, we knew that the careful design has to be given in the determination of depth and position of silt protector.

• Wind and Structures
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.11-21
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• 2000

This paper presents results of modeling of the passive contaminant diffusion from a continuous line finite-size source located on the underlying surface of a neutral near-ground atmospheric layer obtained by using the non-local two-parameteric turbulence model and the transport equation of mean concentration. In the proposed diffusion model the turbulent diffusion coefficient changes not only with the vertical coordinate but also with the distance downstream from the source according to the experimental data. The results of the modeling reproduce structural features of the concentration field.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.176-193
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• 2007

The ability to measure groundwater contaminant flux is increasingly being recognized as crucial in order to prioritize contaminated site cleanups, estimate the efficiency of remediation technologies, measure rates of natural attenuation, and apply proper source terms to model groundwater contaminant transport. Recently, a number of methods have been developed and subsequently applied to measure contaminant mass flux in groundwater in the field. Flux measurement methods can be categorized as either point methods or integral methods. As the name suggests, point methods measure flux at a specific point or points in the subsurface. To increase confidence in the accuracy of the measurement, it is necessary to increase the number of points (and therefore, the cost) of the sampling network. Integral methods avoid this disadvantage by using pumping wells to interrogate large volumes of the subsurface. Unfortunately, integral methods are expensive because they require that large volumes of contaminated water be extracted and managed. Recent work has investigated the development of an integral method that does not require extraction of contaminated water from the subsurface. We begin with a review of the significance and importance of measuring groundwater contaminant mass flux. We then review groundwater contaminant flux measurement methods that are either currently in use or under development. Finally, we conclude with a qualitative comparison of the various flux measurement methods.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.67-75
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• 2002

The groundwater flow and contaminant transport numerical models have been established for understanding the movement of pollutants in surface soil environment. The numerical solutions were compared with the analytic solutions for the verification and the application of the models. The numerical solutions from the groundwater and transport models agreed welt with analytic solutions. Especially, the results of groundwater flow model were validated in one- and two-dimensional heterogeneous media. Therefore, it will represent well the characteristics of the heterogeneous media in the field applications. Also, the phenomena of the pollutant dispersion represented quite well by the advection and the hydrodynamic dispersion in the results of the transport model. The important input factor is the choice of complicated boundary conditions in operating the numerical models. The numerical results are influenced by the choice of the proper boundary conditions.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1997

A horizontal 2-D model which includes the wetting-drying treatment technique in the intertidal zone is established for the prediction of tidal changes and contaminant transport due to the development of Incheon coastal zone. The flow model is verified by the measurement data at Jeong-Do, and then the computed values are closely matched to the observed water elevations and velocities of main-flow direction. And then, the tidal change patterns are simulated using this model before and after the construction of the Youngjongdo New Airport and Shihwa Seadike. In the spring tide condition, pollutants transport pattern is also simulated for the arbitrary pollutants loads. By the analysis of this numerical simulation results, the velocities after development are decreased, and discharged pollutants are mainly transported by the advection along a narrow deep trough. Thus, this model can be used as the compatible prediction model for the tidal change and pollutant transport due to the development plan of Incheon coastal zone.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.09b
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• pp.1434-1436
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• 2005