Calibration of a Model for Volatile Organic Compound Mass Removal by Multiphase Extraction
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 5
Abstract
A number of remedial technologies are based on multiphase extraction, the simultaneous removal of contaminated liquids and vapors from soil or rock through one or more wells subjected to a high vacuum. This technical note proposes an empirical model for predicting cumulative contaminant-mass removal by multiphase extraction as a function of remedial-system run time. Model calibration employs early-time mass-removal data.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 5 • May 2002
Pages: 472 - 475
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 18, 1999
Accepted: Jul 18, 2000
Published online: Apr 15, 2002
Published in print: May 2002
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