PMID- 12487413
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030314
LR  - 20191106
IS  - 0169-7722 (Print)
IS  - 0169-7722 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 3-4
DP  - 2002 Dec
TI  - Controlled release, blind tests of DNAPL characterization using partitioning 
      tracers.
PG  - 187-210
AB  - The partitioning tracer technique for dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) 
      characterization was evaluated in an isolated test cell, in which controlled 
      releases of perchloroethylene (PCE) had occurred. Four partitioning tracer tests 
      were conducted, two using an inverted, double five-spot pumping pattern, and two 
      using vertical circulation wells. Two of the four tests were conducted prior to 
      remedial activities, and two were conducted after. Each test was conducted as a 
      "blind test" where researchers conducting the partitioning tracer tests had no 
      knowledge of the volume, method of release, nor resulting spatial distribution of 
      DNAPL. Multiple partitioning tracers were used in each test, and the DNAPL volume 
      estimates varied significantly within each test based on the different 
      partitioning tracers. The tracers with large partitioning coefficients generally 
      predicted a smaller volume of PCE than that expected based on the actual release 
      volume. However, these predictions were made for low DNAPL saturations (average 
      saturation was approximately 0.003), under conditions near the limits of the 
      method's application. Furthermore, there were several factors that may have 
      hindered prediction accuracy, including tracer degradation and remedial fluid 
      interference.
FAU - Brooks, Michael C
AU  - Brooks MC
AD  - Interdisciplinary Program in Hydrologic Sciences, University of Florida, 217 
      Black Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-6450, USA.
FAU - Annable, Michael D
AU  - Annable MD
FAU - Rao, P Suresh C
AU  - Rao PS
FAU - Hatfield, Kirk
AU  - Hatfield K
FAU - Jawitz, James W
AU  - Jawitz JW
FAU - Wise, William R
AU  - Wise WR
FAU - Wood, A Lynn
AU  - Wood AL
FAU - Enfield, Carl G
AU  - Enfield CG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Contam Hydrol
JT  - Journal of contaminant hydrology
JID - 8805644
RN  - 0 (Alcohols)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - TJ904HH8SN (Tetrachloroethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Alcohols/chemistry
MH  - *Environmental Pollution
MH  - Fresh Water
MH  - Soil
MH  - Tetrachloroethylene/*chemistry
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical
EDAT- 2002/12/19 04:00
MHDA- 2003/03/15 04:00
CRDT- 2002/12/19 04:00
PHST- 2002/12/19 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/03/15 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/12/19 04:00 [entrez]
AID - S0169-7722(02)00057-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0169-7722(02)00057-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Contam Hydrol. 2002 Dec;59(3-4):187-210. doi: 10.1016/s0169-7722(02)00057-8.