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Determination of Site-specific Denitrification Rate for Nitrate Reactive Transport Modeling in Groundwater

지하수 내 질산성 질소 반응-이동 모델링을 위한 부지특이적 탈질화 계수 선정 방안에 대한 고찰

Sang Hyun Kim1
,
Jaeshik Chung12*
,
Seunghak Lee123*
김상현 1
,
정재식 12*
,
이승학 123*
1 Water Cycle Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
2 Division of Energy and Environmental Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
3 Graduate School of Energy and Environment (KU-KIST Green School), Seoul 20841, Republic of Korea
1 한국과학기술연구원 물자원순환연구단
2 과학기술연합대학원대학교(UST) 에너지-환경융합전공
3 고려대학교 에너지환경대학원
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2021. pp. 74-81
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Abstract

A simple and efficient scheme is presented that attempts to implement the site-specific denitrification rate in the reactive transport modeling for the nitrate in groundwater. A series of correlation analyses were conducted using 133 datasets obtained from different nitrate-contaminated sites to find the empirical relationships between denitrification rates and various subsurface properties. Based on Pearson’s correlation analysis, the soil organic carbon concentrations showed a statistically significant correlation (r = 0.75, p < 0.05) with the denitrification rates. A linear regression was performed, which could be utilized to effectively determine the site-specific denitrification rate based on the soil organic carbon concentration of a site. The proposed method is expected to effectively replace the conventional methods which either were too complicated for practical application or impose large uncertainties that might end up with unreliable results.

Keywords
Groundwater
nitrate
reactive-transport modeling
site-specific denitrification rate
soil organic carbon
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지하수토양환경학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • Journal Title(Ko) :지하수토양환경
  • Volume : 26
  • No :6
  • Pages :74-81
  • Received Date : 2021-11-24
  • Revised Date : 2021-11-30
  • Accepted Date : 2021-12-13
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2021.26.6.074
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