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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

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FLUID MECHANICS OF HORIZONTAL RADIAL FLOW IN POROUS MEDIUM AS APPLIED TO SOIL DECONTAMINATION BY BIO-SLURPING

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science in

Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Environmental Engineering
by

José Luis Dávila

The Thesis of José Luis Dávila is approved by the following committee

Dr. Shoeleh S. Di Julio
Dr. Robert Ryan
Dr. Ali Tabidian
William H. Shallenberger, Adjunct Professor

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Acknowledgment

Abstract

Nature of Contamination

Bioslurping Decontamination Technology

Horizontal Radial Flow

Derivation of Equation

LNAPL if Free Space

LNAPL and Water in Free Space

LNAPL in Porous Medium, Gravity Driven

LNAPL in Porous Medium, Pressure Driven

Air in Porous Medium, Pressure Driven

Laboratory Model Design

Laboratory Model Diagram

Problems

Test Column

Results

Air in Porous Medium, Pressure Driven

Water in Porous Medium, Pressure Driven

Conclusions

References

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