Evaluation methods for assessing effectiveness of in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals

B Song, G Zeng, J Gong, J Liang, P Xu, Z Liu… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil and sediment contamination has become a critical issue worldwide due to its great
harm to the ecological environment and public health. In recent years, many remediation …

Surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation: Mechanisms, influences, limitations and the countermeasures

L Huo, G Liu, X Yang, Z Ahmad, H Zhong - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR) has attracted increasing
interest duo to the high efficiency of removing non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) from …

Emerging sustainable technologies for remediation of soils and groundwater in a municipal solid waste landfill site--A review

J Ye, X Chen, C Chen, B Bate - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Remediation of soils and groundwater in a municipal solid wastes (MSW) landfill site
emerges as a global challenge to the living environment on earth with significant market …

Surfactant-enhanced in-situ oxidation of DNAPL source zone: Experiments and numerical modeling

Z Demiray, NH Akyol, G Akyol, NK Copty - Journal of Contaminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study we investigate the synergetic effects of combining surfactant-enhanced
dissolution with in-situ oxidation of a pool-dominated PCE DNAPL source zone entrapped in …

A Critical Review of the Modelling Tools for the Reactive Transport of Organic Contaminants

K Samborska-Goik, M Pogrzeba - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This paper helps to summarize the most relevant information on
reactive transport models used to simulate the transport of hydrocarbons. The authors hope …

Experiments and sensitivity coefficients analysis for multiphase flow model calibration of enhanced DNAPL dissolution

AG Karaoglu, NK Copty, NH Akyol, SA Kilavuz… - Journal of contaminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
Multiphase flow modeling is often used for the comparison and optimization of subsurface
nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) remediation schemes. The calibration of such models is a …

In situ stabilization of NAPL contaminant source-zones as a remediation technique to reduce mass discharge and flux to groundwater

DJ Mateas, GR Tick, KC Carroll - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
Widely used flushing and in-situ destruction based remediation techniques (ie pump-and
treat, enhanced-solubilization, and chemical oxidation/reduction) for sites contaminated by …

A pore-scale investigation of heavy crude oil trapping and removal during surfactant-enhanced remediation

J Ghosh, GR Tick, NH Akyol, Y Zhang - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) in the subsurface presents significant
challenges for soil and groundwater remediation. In particular, heavy crude oil, coal tar …

Surfactant-enhanced permanganate oxidation on mass-flux reduction and mass removal (MFR-MR) relationship for pool-dominated TCE source zones in …

NH Akyol - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2018 - Springer
Chlorinated solvents generally enter the subsurface as dense nonaqueous phase liquids
(DNAPL) and accumulation mostly occurs in aquifers as pool-dominated zones that can …

Enhanced-solubilization and dissolution of multicomponent DNAPL from homogeneous porous media

GR Tick, DR Slavic, NH Akyol, Y Zhang - Journal of Contaminant …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of multicomponent dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) mixtures in
porous media can significantly limit the effectiveness of groundwater remediation. A series of …