• Development and Fabrication of Heating and Water Sparging Remediation System (HWSRS) for DNAPL-contaminated Groundwater Treatment
  • Lee, Ju-Won;Park, Won-Seok;Gong, Hyo-Young;Lee, Ae-Ri;Kim, Da-Eun;Baek, Seung-Chon;Lee, Jong-Yeol;
  • Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;Beautiful Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.;
Abstract
The scope of this study was to develop, design, and build an ex-situ remediation system of using the heating and water sparging treatment for the highly volatile DNAPL (Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid) contaminated groundwater, and to conduct pilot testing at the site contaminated with DNAPL. The TCE (Trichloroethylene) removal was at the highest rate of 94.6% with the water sparging at $70^{\circ}C$ in the lab-scale test. The pilot-scale remediation system was developed, designed, and fabricated based on the results of the lab-scale test conducted. During the pilot-scale testing, DNAPL-contaminated groundwater was detained at heat exchanger for the certain period of time for pre-heating through the heat exchanger using the thermal energy supplied from the heater. The heating system supplies thermal energy to the preheated DNAPL-contaminated groundwater directly and its highly volatile TCE, $CCl_4$ (Carbontetrachloride), Chloroform are vaporized, and its vaporized and treated water is return edback to the heat exchanger. In the pilot testing the optimum condition of the HWSRS was when the water temperature at the $40^{\circ}C$ and operated with water sparging concurrently, and its TCE removal rate was 90%. The efficiency of the optimized HWSRS has been confirmed through the long-term performance evaluation process.

Keywords: DNAPL;Heating treatment;TCE;Volatilization;

This Article

  • 2013; 18(6): 32-37

    Published on Nov 30, 2013

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2013.18.6.032
  • Received on Sep 23, 2013
  • Revised on Nov 26, 2013
  • Accepted on Nov 26, 2013

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