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dc.contributor.advisorEric Adams.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRaguenez, Tanguyen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-15T15:38:09Z
dc.date.available2017-09-15T15:38:09Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111528
dc.descriptionThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2017.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 58-60).en_US
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental impact assessments on contaminated sites require to understand all of the possible sources of pollution in the field, including groundwater seepage. Polyethylene passive samplers have been used extensively to measure a chemical's concentration in the sediment or water column and conventional seepage meters are deployed to infer the infiltration flux. A model was developed to describe how passive samplers could instead realize both these functions to completely characterize contamination through seepage in the environment. The simulations describe the concentrations in a strip of polyethylene inserted in sediment where porewater flows steadily and vertically. Providing that the target chemical's diffusion and partitioning properties in the sediment are known, the model allows the user to obtain concentration profiles in the passive sampler at different infiltration velocities. Experimental data can then be fitted on these profiles to deduce infiltration within a factor of 2. The approach is promising and was successfully tested in the laboratory using naphthalene, and further studies should be made to fully validate the use of passive samplers as seepage meters.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Tanguy Raguenez.en_US
dc.format.extent60 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectCivil and Environmental Engineering.en_US
dc.titleCan polyethylene passive samplers be used to measure infiltration?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM. Eng.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc1003324480en_US


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