Discontinuous permeable adsorptive barrier design and cost analysis: a methodological approach to optimisation

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2017-09-19

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Santonastaso, G.F., Bortone, I., Chianese, S. et al. Discontinuous permeable adsorptive barrier design and cost analysis: a methodological approach to optimisation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, September 2018, Volume 25, Issue 27, pp 26793–26800

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The following paper presents a method to optimise a discontinuous permeable adsorptive barrier (PAB-D). This method is based on the comparison of different PAB-D configurations obtained by changing some of the main PAB-D design parameters. In particular, the well diameters, the distance between two consecutive passive wells and the distance between two consecutive well lines were varied, and a cost analysis for each configuration was carried out in order to define the best performing and most cost-effective PAB-D configuration. As a case study, a benzene-contaminated aquifer located in an urban area in the north of Naples (Italy) was considered. The PAB-D configuration with a well diameter of 0.8 m resulted the best optimised layout in terms of performance and cost-effectiveness. Moreover, in order to identify the best configuration for the remediation of the aquifer studied, a comparison with a continuous permeable adsorptive barrier (PAB-C) was added. In particular, this showed a 40% reduction of the total remediation costs by using the optimised PAB-D.

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Permeable adsorptive barrier, Benzene, Groundwater remediation, Adsorption, Design and cost analysis, Design optimisation

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