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EGCE 581 - Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater Jeff Kuo, PH.D., P.E

This document provides homework problems for a course on remediating contaminated soil and groundwater. The problems involve calculating contaminant concentrations in soil and groundwater using parameters like porosity, density, partition coefficients, and Henry's law constants. Specifically, it involves: 1) Calculating the concentration of 1,1,1-TCA absorbed onto aquifer material and the partition of its mass between the dissolved and adsorbed phases. 2) Determining the concentration of toluene in the headspace of a VOA vial containing contaminated water, and the percentage of toluene mass in the aqueous phase.

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EGCE 581 - Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater Jeff Kuo, PH.D., P.E

This document provides homework problems for a course on remediating contaminated soil and groundwater. The problems involve calculating contaminant concentrations in soil and groundwater using parameters like porosity, density, partition coefficients, and Henry's law constants. Specifically, it involves: 1) Calculating the concentration of 1,1,1-TCA absorbed onto aquifer material and the partition of its mass between the dissolved and adsorbed phases. 2) Determining the concentration of toluene in the headspace of a VOA vial containing contaminated water, and the percentage of toluene mass in the aqueous phase.

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EGCE 581 – Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater

Jeff Kuo, Ph.D., P.E.

Tamires Nassar
CWID 886572288
Homework Set #1

1. The aquifer underneath a site (T = 20 oC) is contaminated with 1,1,1-TCA


(C2H3Cl3). The aquifer porosity is 0.35 and the dry bulk density of the aquifer
material is 1.6 g/cm3. A groundwater sample contains 600 ppb of 1,1,1-TCA.
Assuming that the adsorption follows a linear model, estimate:

(a) The 1,1,1-TCA concentration adsorbed on the aquifer material, which contains
1.0% by weight of organic carbon

Value of log Know from table;


Log Know = 2.6
Know = 398
Here, Know is partition coefficient between actanol and water. Calculate the partition
coefficient organic carbon to water.
Log Koc = log Know – 0.21
Substitute the values log Koc = 2.6 – 0.21  2.39  Koc = 145 L/kg
Relation btw Koc and Know Koc=0.63 Kow
Substitute Koc = 0.63 x 398  251 L/kg
Calculate the reaction coefficient for pressure constant
Kp = Foc Koc
Substitute Kp=(1/100)x251  2.51 L/kg
Calculate the PCE concentration absorbed on the aquifer material
X = KpC
Substitute X = 2.51 x 0.5  1.255 mg/kg
(b) The partition of the 1,1,1-TCA mass in the two phases (i.e., dissolved phase and
adsorbed onto the solid phase).

A = CFoc O
Substitute A = 0.5 x 1 x 0.35  0.175 mg
Calculate the mass of PCE in solid phase
B = X(Foc Pb)
Substitute B = 1.255 x 1 x 1.6  2.008 mg
Calculate the total PCE
C=A+B
Substitute C = 0.175 + 2.008  2.183
Calculate the percentage of PCE in aqueous phase
M = A/C
Substitute M=0.175/2.183 = 0.08  8%

2. A 40-mL VOA vial is 80%-filled with water contaminated with toluene (T = 20 oC).
The toluene concentration in the liquid is 2.5 mg/L. Determine
(1) the concentration of toluene in the head space (in ppmV), and

(2.5 x 10^-3) x 92.14 = 2.713 x 10^-5 mol/L


Using Henry Law
C = P/KH
P= CKH = (2.713 x 10^-5) x 6.7
P = 1.818 x 10^-4 atm
Using ideal gas equation
PV = nRT  P= n/v RT = Cgas RT
Cgas = P/RT (R= 0.0821 Latm/Kmol)
Cgas = 1.818 x 10^-4/ (0.0821 x 293) = 7.557 x 10^-6M
(7.557 x 10^-6 mol/L) x (92.14 g/mol) x (1000mg/g)  0.696 mg/L
= 0.696 PPmv

(2) the percentage of total toluene mass in the aqueous phase.


The Henry's constant for toluene is 6.7 atm/M (T = 20 oC)

Fraction C of toluene = 2.5/1 = 2.5x10^-6


Percentage of toluene = 2.5x10^-6 x 100  0.00025%

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