Laboratory development of the surfactant/foam process for aquifer remediation
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The research presented was used to develop the surfactant/foam process for aquifer remediation. The surfactant/foam method was designed to address the problem of removing dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) spread throughout a somewhat heterogeneous aquifer.
The developmental research included demonstrating the effectiveness of the surfactant/foam process and determining the effects that various parameters had on the technique. Parameters tested included the effects of different contaminants on foam, the effects of varying surfactant solution formulation, the effects of flow rate and slug size, and the effect of temperature on the process.
The final design utilized a 4% surfactant solution at its optimal salinity, 11,500 ppm NaCl with trichloroethylene at room temperature and 10,250 ppm NaCl with field DNAPL at 12
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Szafranski, Robert Crawford. "Laboratory development of the surfactant/foam process for aquifer remediation." (1998) Diss., Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19318.