Flow, Transport and Biodegradation of Toluene During Bioventing

摘要

Bioventing is conducted on one-dimensional soil columns. A numerical model is developed for simulating the mass exchange, advective and dispersive transport and biodegradation of toluene. The model parameters are estimated independently through laboratory batch experiments, or from literature. Simulations are found to provide reasonable agreement with experimental data. Experimental results show that toluene removal due to biodegradation is more important at the later stage. The total cleanup time when -NAPL (non-aqueous phase liquid) phase exists was twice more than that without NAPL. Sensitivity analysis of parameters suggests that model predictions are mainly dependent on mass transfer coefficient and microbial parameters, such as the half-saturation coefficient and maximum specific substrate utilization rate.