LNAPLs污染物在层状非均质多孔介质中的运移试验研究

文章通过室内试验研究层状非均质多孔介质中轻非水相液体(Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid,LNAPL)的运移机制与分布特性。首先,在二维砂槽上进行LNAPL的入渗试验,试验过程中用数码相机进行拍照,把LANPL的扩散过程以图像的形式记录下来;然后,用AutoCAD对图片进行分析处理,得出不同时刻LNAPL的入渗锋面变化图。结果发现,介质结构突变面改变了LNAPL的迁移模式。在LNAPL由中砂进入细砂层后,由于受到毛细作用的增强,其运移速度加快;而由中砂进入粗砂,受粗砂介质阻滞作用增强的影响,LNAPL运移速度变小。当LNAPL由干砂进入湿润砂体时,由于孔隙水浮托力增大,LNAPL先产生纵向运移,随后以横向迁移的形式在地下水位上部聚积。当达到一定厚度后,LNAPL的压头足以克服浮托力,驱替孔隙水进入砂土孔隙。另外,LNAPL的厚度足够大时,方可克服饱水层受到的浮托力,在地下水位上形成LNAPL池,并因孔隙水向周围砂体排泄,LNAPL池周围的水位上升。     

LNAPL在砂质含水层中动态迁移的电阻率法监测试验研究

在海滨潮间带采集细砂,通过室内柴油泄漏模拟试验,利用自制电阻率监测系统对轻非水相液体在砂土-地下水系统垂向渗透过程进行电阻率变化动态监测;通过配制不同含油率砂土测定其静态电阻率变化规律,探讨电阻率变化的影响因素;最后取样分析测定污染含水介质稳定后含水率及含油率,对监测结果有效性进行了验证;并利用显微成像法对污染砂土进行了微观形态分析.结果表明,柴油污染砂土微观形态上胶结现象明显;柴油渗透海滨砂土过程电阻率大小同含水饱和度,比电阻率和含油饱和度之间存在良好的相关性,均可用Archie公式拟合,n值分别为2.36和0.15;通过电阻率测定可以有效估算柴油透镜体厚度;电阻率随深度的变化可以反映含油率和含水率的垂向分布.本研究为轻质油品储罐或者海上油品输运过程泄露造成的海滨砂土地下污染扩散过程监测及机制研究提供了一种有效的方法,也可为其他典型石油泄漏污染场地的电阻率法探测或监测提供参考.     

Semi-analytical solution of two-dimensional sharp interface LNAPL transport models

In this paper, we present semi-analytical solutions for two-dimensional equations governing transport of Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (LNAPL) in unconfined aquifers. The proposed model is based on sharp interface displacement and steady groundwater flow assumptions, where both the water–LNAPL interface and the LNAPL–air interface are represented as sharp interfaces. In the case of steady groundwater flow, these equations can be reduced to a two-dimensional nonlinear solute transport equation, with the LNAPL thickness in the free product lens being the primary unknown variable. The linearized form of this solute transport equation falls into the category of two-dimensional transport equation with time-dependent dispersion coefficients. This equation can be solved analytically for an infinite domain region. In this paper, the general form of the analytical solution for the transport equation, as well as the solutions for some specific cases are presented. To demonstrate the utility of the proposed solution, numerical results obtained for two example problems are discussed and presented comparatively with a finite-element solution and other more restrictive solutions available in the literature. Although the solutions discussed in this paper have some simplifying assumptions, such as sharp-interfaces between fluid phases, steady groundwater flow and homogeneous aquifer properties, the semi-analytical solutions presented in this study may be used effectively as bench mark solutions in evaluating LNAPL migration in the subsurface. These solutions are simple and cost effective to implement and may be used in the calibration of other more complex numerical solutions that can be found in the literature.     

Equilibrium nonaqueous phase liquid pool geometry in coarse soils with discrete textural interfaces

This paper presents a model for the geometry of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) pools and mounds in homogeneous soils and soils with discrete textural interfaces. It is shown that the concepts of capillary pressure-saturation curve hysteresis and entry pressures are integral to the complete conceptualization of pool and mound geometry. Unless hysteresis is included in the analysis, light NAPL (LNAPL) in homogeneous soils cannot exist in pools at all, and dense NAPL (DNAPL) will not mound on horizontal textural interfaces unless lateral confining boundaries are present. The proposed model also implies that remobilization of DNAPL pools will occur at lower hydraulic gradients than those predicted with previous models. Comparing predicted and experimental DNAPL and LNAPL pool thicknesses and the location of an LNAPL lens with respect to the top of the capillary fringe validate the model.     

非饱和土壤轻油污染多相流研究进展

轻油泄漏到地下后 ,在非饱和土壤中水、气、油三相相互作用、相互影响 ,共同构成多相流体系统。在简要分析轻油污染问题的产生、危害以及轻油泄漏在地表以下运移方式的基础上 ,介绍并总结了近些年来国内外土壤轻油污染有关的多相流研究方面的进展 ,包括国外的模型研究成果、国内外试验研究方法和研究成果 ,并指出目前研究中存在的问题和需要进一步探讨的方向     

Surfactant dissolution and mobilization of LNAPL contaminants in aquifers

Improper disposal, accidental spills and leaks of non-aqueousphase liquids (NAPL) such as gasoline, fuel oil and creosote result in long-term persistent sources of groundwater pollution.Column and 2-D tanks experiments were conducted to evaluate the use of surfactant-enhanced recovery of light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) in groundwater aquifers. These experiments focused on the use of surfactants to promote dissolution and mobilization in addition to evaluating the increase of aqueous phase permeability as residual NAPL is recovered. Further experiments are presented that show the innovative use of surfactants during primary pumping to recover free product canpotentially increase the amount of free product recovered, canpotentially reduce the amount of residual NAPL remaining afterprimary pumping and performs better than the use of surfactantsto mobilize trapped residual NAPL.     

寒区多孔介质中LNAPL迁移的多场耦合模拟

建立了包含水、气、NAPL、固(冰)四相的温度场、流场及化学场多场耦合模型,适用于定量模拟LNAPL泄漏过程中发生冻结后的迁移分布.通过与非冻条件下LNAPL迁移模型对比,模拟结果显示,冻结条件下因冰的形成LNAPL会发生与非冻条件下不同的迁移行为,冰的形成阻碍LNAPL下渗,并产生冻结势使LNAPL向地表方向迁移.相...     

地下水LNAPL层的原位曝气模拟研究

曝气法(Air sparging,AS)已经成为修复地下水、土壤有机污染的重要技术,与数值模拟技术相结合可优化修复条件。文章利用TMVOC多相流模型研究了地下水位处LNAPL层的迁移转化,并通过情景模拟比较曝气法对污染修复的贡献率。只考虑地下水水流的对流-弥散作用时,目标污染物苯并没有得到彻底去除,只是通过下边界流出。60 d苯的质量损失率仅为1.79%;而连续曝气30 d后苯的去除率就可达到31.4%,最终脉冲曝气苯的损失率为44.8%。增大曝气量能提高气相渗透率及气相-液相接触面积,扩大污染物修复范围;当超过某一值(12 m3/h),其增量对污染物修复影响甚微。当曝气点位于低渗透岩层下方时,低渗透岩层会阻碍气流的垂向迁移,位于低渗透岩层上方的污染物很难得到除去。曝气法适用于溶解、挥发性较好的污染物。     

多孔介质中轻非水相液体污染物多相流体系的电阻率特性试验研究

目前,对于多孔介质中轻非水相液体(LNAPL)污染物的电阻率特性存在2种截然相反的观点,影响了LNAPL污染场地电阻率资料的解释结果。为此,通过自行设计的装置进行试验,重点探讨电阻率与砂样颗粒粒径、含水量和LNAPL饱和度等参数之间的变化关系。结果发现,在砂样被LNAPL饱和过程中,砂样的颗粒粒径和含水量对其电阻率相对值的变化有重大影响,含水量低的砂样电阻率相对值变化幅度很小,而含水量高的砂样电阻率相对值变化幅度很大,粗粒径的砂样电阻率相对值的变化明显高于细颗粒砂样。对于"水-油-气"三相体系和"水-油"二相体系,电阻率和含水量的关系曲线均可用Archie公式很好拟合。该试验结果对于提高LNAPL污染场地电阻率资料的解释结果的准确度具有重要的意义,在确定相关的参数如渗透系数、LNAPL饱和度等方面具有重要的实际应用价值。     

Nuclear magnetic resonance logging: Example applications of an emerging tool for environmental investigations

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) geophysical tools have been widely used in the petroleum exploration industry since the 1960s and have improved significantly in the last two decades. These tools can provide estimates of bulk porosity and fluid content, quantification of bound versus mobile fluids, and estimates of hydraulic conductivity (K). Although the size and cost of oil‐field tools historically limited their use for near‐surface applications, smaller and more economical downhole NMR logging tools are now available for detecting and characterizing the formation water content and K to support environmental and groundwater resource investigations. These tools can be deployed using direct‐push drilling techniques or they can be lowered into existing open borings or wells with nonconductive polyvinyl chloride casings and screens. In many cases, using the tool in existing wells offers a safer and more cost‐effective alternative compared to drilling new boreholes. For environmental investigations, NMR can provide useful high‐resolution quantitative hydrostratigraphic information that can provide additional valuable data to further inform and refine the conceptual site model. This paper highlights several NMR field investigations that demonstrate the viability of this technology as a site characterization tool for near‐surface investigations. NMR measurements were compared to data from lithologic logs, cone penetrometer testing data, and prior field hydraulic tests. Use of NMR to detect vadose zone water, including previously unidentified perched groundwater zones, provided hydrostratigraphic details that could not be gleaned from historical well drilling logs and were used to evaluate drainable pore water versus pore water bound in small pores by capillary forces or electrochemically clay‐bond water. NMR also produced K estimates similar to those from conventional hydraulic tests, but the improved vertical resolution from NMR provided additional information regarding the vertical heterogeneity of the formation along the entire length of the well or borehole. Additionally, bench‐scale tests are presented that confirm the capability for NMR to reliably detect and quantify light nonaqueous phase liquid saturation (specifically diesel fuel and weathered gasoline) in situ. The field tests combined with bench‐scale testing results affirm the applicability and potential for NMR as a practical characterization tool that should increasingly be utilized in environmental investigations.