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Screening of One‐Well Hydraulic Barrier Design Alternatives
Author(s) -
Rubin Hillel,
Shoemaker Christine A.,
Köngeter Jürgen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00426.x
Subject(s) - curvilinear coordinates , aquifer , containment (computer programming) , computer science , hydraulic conductivity , flow (mathematics) , kerosene , boundary (topology) , petroleum engineering , groundwater , geotechnical engineering , geology , mathematics , chemistry , soil science , mathematical analysis , geometry , soil water , programming language , organic chemistry
This study develops a robust method for screening one‐well hydraulic barrier design alternatives that can be easily computed without a numerical simulation model. The paper outlines the general method and shows its implementation with hydraulic barriers using a single pumping well. For such barriers, the method is easily computable with spreadsheets and/or charts depicted within the paper and posted online. The method applies the potential flow theory, which leads to using a curvilinear coordinate system for all types of calculations. For contaminant transport calculations, the method applies the boundary layer theory. For calculations of aquifer remediation, the method refers to bulk characteristics of the domain. As an example, the method has been applied to calculate the possible containment of a wide part of the coastal plain aquifer in Israel, which is contaminated by entrapped kerosene (a light nonaqueous phase liquid).