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Laboratory Demonstration of Hydrocarbon Migration in the Vadose Zone: Effectiveness of the U‐Tube Design for Underground Storage Tank Leak Detection Monitoring
Author(s) -
Springer David S.,
Keller Edward A.,
Everett Lome G.,
Eccles Lawrence A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1991.tb00400.x
Subject(s) - underground storage tank , leak , vadose zone , tube (container) , leak detection , storage tank , petroleum engineering , environmental science , gasoline , containment (computer programming) , geology , geotechnical engineering , waste management , engineering , environmental engineering , groundwater , computer science , programming language
The experimental results derived from a laboratory model of gasoline migration from a simulated leaking underground storage tank (UST) demonstrate that the direction of migration through the simulated fill material is essentially straight down. Consequently, the U‐tube design for leak detection monitoring of USTs has limited utility because that design relies on the assumption that the path of migration of the leaked fluids will follow the surface of the tank to the bottom and be intercepted by the U‐tube below.