表面活性剂强化空气扰动修复氯苯污染含水层

通过一维砂柱实验研究了阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)对空气扰动技术(air sparging,AS)修复氯苯污染地下水的强化效果.结果表明,SDBS的加入降低了地下水的表面张力,减小了水气两相毛细压力,从而提高了地下水中的空气饱和度.当曝气量为100 mL/min,地下水的表面张力由72.2 mN/m降至49.5 mN/m时,地下水中空气饱和度由13.2%提高至50.1%,而后随着表面张力的进一步降低,空气饱和度不再提高,反而有小幅下降.通过污染物的去除实验发现,SDBS的加入大大提高了氯苯的去除率,且去除率的变化与空气饱和度的变化趋势基本相符.因此,表面活性剂的加入可以作为空气扰动技术一种十分有效的强化手段.      

表面活性剂改性粉土抗剪强度特性的研究

表面活性剂随着工业、农业、日常生活等各种活动进入到土体及地下水中,不仅会带来环境污染的风险,还会改变土体的结构等从而影响土体的工程性质。为了合理评估表面活性剂污染土体的工程适宜性,采用阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)和阳离子表面活性剂三甲基十六烷基溴化铵(CTAB)对粉土进行改性,通过直剪试验研究其对粉土强度特性的影响。结果表明,表面活性剂改性后的粉土内摩擦角减小,随着表面活性剂浓度的增大,内摩擦角减小的幅值越大,当表面活性剂浓度达2%时,粉土内摩擦角减小23.9%;SDBS改性后的粉土黏聚力大大减小,SDBS浓度为2%时,黏聚力减小91.8%,CTAB改性后粉土黏聚力增大,最大增幅达41.8%;改性粉土中加入不同pH的表面活性剂时,内摩擦角变化很小,表明表面活性剂的酸碱程度对土样内摩擦角影响较小,随着表面活性剂溶液pH的增大,改性粉土的黏聚力呈现出下降的趋势,pH改变了土壤的电荷的分配,改变了土粒间的静电作用,从而引起土体黏聚力的变化。     

空气扰动技术对地下水中氯苯污染晕的控制及去除效果

原位空气扰动技术(air sparging,AS)是去除饱和土壤和地下水中挥发性有机物的最有效方法之一。首先利用二维砂槽研究曝气量与空气饱和度、影响半径的关系。结果表明:提高曝气量可以增大地下水中的空气饱和度以及曝气影响半径,但二者的增幅与曝气量的增幅不成比例,随着曝气量的增加,二者增幅减缓。又利用砂槽研究了在水力梯度一定的情况下,不同曝气量对氯苯迁移和去除效果的影响。空气的注入降低了影响区域的渗透系数,减缓了地下水的流动,有效地控制了污染物的迁移。未曝气时,130 h以后,氯苯随地下水流迁移出砂箱的比例为19.7%,而曝气量为0.1、0.2 m³/h时,此比例仅为3.6%和0.9%;与此同时,AS对氯苯的去除率分别为68.2%和78.6%。这说明AS可以有效控制污染物的迁移和去除,曝气量较大时效果更为明显。     

非离子表面活性剂对两相系统毛细压力和饱和度关系的影响

表面活性剂至水相的引入将对原先包含纯水两相系统的毛细压力和饱和度关系存在影响.对含有非离子表面活性剂Triton X-100的水-气和水-油两相系统中的毛细压力-饱和度关系曲线进行了试验测定.试验结果表明,同不含表面活性剂的纯水系列相比,在同一饱和度情况下,含有表面活性剂的Triton X-100(0.1%)系列对应的毛细压力水头值都有不同程度的减小,说明在Triton X-100存在的情况下,驱替出同样数量的湿润相体积所需的毛细压力值较小.以van Genuchten关系式为基础的拟合结果表明,在已知纯水系列毛细压力饱和度关系的情况下,对于Triton X-100-气系统的毛细压力饱和度关系,考虑界面张力降低作用引入折算系数得到的拟合值更接近于真实值;而对于Triton X-100-油系统拟合值接近真实值的程度则随多孔介质的不同而有所不同.     

pH值对适于页岩气储层的SDBS压裂液性能的影响研究

在低渗、低孔隙率页岩气储层压裂改造过程中,压裂液体系的pH值直接影响地层中的造缝、稳缝效果。pH值对阴离子表面活性剂压裂液的粘度、表面张力和页岩膨胀抑制性影响很大。通过改变阴离子表面活性剂的浓度,测定了在不同pH值条件下压裂液体系基本性能的变化。研究表明：SDBS压裂液体系的粘度随着pH值的增加先增大后减小,在pH值=9时达到最大;体系在pH值=5时降低体系表面张力的能力最好;页岩的膨胀量随着pH值的增大逐渐增大,在pH=7时膨胀量最大,且随着pH值的进一步增大,页岩膨胀量先减小后增大,在pH值=9时膨胀量最小;当体系的pH值一定时,SDBS在临界胶束浓度状态能够最大程度抑制页岩的膨胀。从化学微观角度上分析了pH值对SDBS压裂液性能的影响,有利于SDBS压裂液体系配方优化。     

无机盐与表面活性剂对菲在黄土上吸附/解吸行为的联合影响

以NaCl和MgCl₂、十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)分别作为无机盐、表面活性剂的代表, 研究两者共存对菲在黄土中吸附/解吸行为联合影响的特点及其形成机制.结果表明, NaCl(≥0.1 mol/L)、MgCl₂或SDBS的单独介入, 可缩短吸附平衡时间、增加吸附容量等, 即对吸附具促进作用, 随着介入浓度的升高, 促进作用越明显, 促进能力为MgCl₂＞SDBS＞NaCl; 不改变吸附模式, 仍较好地符合F型与H型.NaCl与MgCl₂同时介入, 对菲吸附的影响仍表现为促进作用, 呈现相加作用的特点, 且随着MgCl₂浓度的升高, 促进作用更明显.NaCl(或及MgCl₂)与SDBS的同时介入对吸附的联合影响, 总体上表现为相加作用, 但还呈拮抗作用的特点, 尤其MgCl₂浓度较高时.NaCl或(及)MgCl₂的存在, 或与SDBS共存时, 与纯水相比, 菲的解吸速度较快、解吸率较高、平衡时间较短, 且无滞后效应.可见, 无机盐与表面活性剂同时适量介入, 以强化菲等污染地下水系统的修复功效具一定的可行性.      

空气扰动技术修复氯苯污染地下水的影响因素研究

通过实验室一维砂柱模拟研究了不同影响因素下空气扰动技术(air sparging,AS)修复氯苯污染地下水的效果,包括介质渗透性、曝气方式、共存污染物、残余饱和态氯苯。结果表明:介质渗透性极大地影响着AS的效果,渗透系数越大,去除效果越好。对渗透系数为10-5m/s数量级及其以下的介质应用AS较为困难;在曝气时间相同的情况下,对于渗透系数为5.1×10-4m/s的中砂,脉冲曝气较连续曝气效果好,对于渗透系数为6.2×10-3m/s的粗砂,2种曝气方式效果相仿;苯和氯苯共存时各污染物的去除存在协同作用;AS对残余饱和态氯苯的去除存在着明显的拖尾效应。     

化学驱表面活性剂对特低渗透砂岩储层表面荷电性能的影响:以鄂尔多斯盆地陇东地区上三叠统延长组长8储层为例

在油-水-岩石多相体系中,通过改变岩石表面性质来提高原油采收率已成为目前能源行业和化学工业的研究热点。油藏砂岩表面带负电,通过加入不同类型表面活性剂影响砂岩表面带电行为,可以提高原油采收率。分析了3种典型表面活性剂TX-100(辛基苯基聚氧乙烯醚)、SDS(十二烷基硫酸钠)、CTAB(十六烷基三甲基溴化铵)对岩石表面性质的影响。通过计算表面活性剂在砂岩表面的吸附量和溶液表面张力的变化,分析了表面活性剂对砂岩表面润湿性、表面带电行为的影响。研究结果为提高特低渗透储层原油采收率提供了科学指导。     

煤储层水基压裂液用表面活性剂的筛选实验

水力压裂会对煤储层造成水锁伤害,在压裂液中加入表面活性剂是减缓水锁伤害的有效途径。采用1.5% KCl溶液为基液,在其中加入不同浓度的阴离子型表面活性剂AS和非离子型表面活性剂NS,配置出8种压裂液,分别对河东煤田柳林沙曲矿的焦煤样和太原西山屯兰矿的瘦煤样进行静置沉降实验、毛细管压力测试和离心分离实验,最终优选出煤储层水基压裂液用最佳表面活性剂为0.05% AN复配溶液（AS:NS=9:1）,由此构成了表面活性剂压裂液（1.5% KCl+0.05% AN）。研究结果表明,在水基压裂液中加入0.05% AN复配溶液（AS:NS=9:1）,可以大幅度降低压裂液的表面张力,改变压裂液的界面状态,从而增加煤表面的亲水性,降低煤孔隙的毛细管压力,使得压裂液的可排性增强,进而能够有效控制储层的水锁伤害,实现增产。      

有机污染物在改性黄土中的吸附和迁移滞后性研究

用阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（HDTMA-Br）和阴离子型表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠（SDBS）对黄土进行改性处理，并制备了一系列土壤样品。比较了甲苯在天然黄土和改性土中的不同吸附特性，并探讨了它们不同的吸附机理。通过比较甲苯在两类土壤中的吸附特性可以发现，等温吸附曲线均符合弗德里希方程式．但改性黄土的吸附能力为天然黄土的3—6倍。当同时用阴一阳离子表面活性剂进行黄土改性，吸附能力比单独使用阳离子表面活性剂改性的黄土增强15％-20％。土柱实验证明改性黄土对有机污染物对硝基苯胺的迁移具有明显的滞后性，使污染带前锋到达土柱出水口的时间延迟了50倍，也使土柱被穿透的时间延长了3.5倍。可见用表面活性剂对黄土改性能有效地在包气带滞留污染物。在一定程度上延缓或防止地面石油泄漏对含水层的污染。     

Effect of system variables and particle size on physical characteristics of air sparging plumes

Air was injected through a well in a thin transparent tank filled with saturated glass beads to study how the size and air saturation of air sparging plumes are affected by particle size and gradation; operational parameters such as injection pressure, well depth, injection pressure pulsing; and well outlet configuration. V-shaped air plumes with an apex between 40° and 60° were obtained for all tests. The air pressure required to initiate sparging agreed closely with the sum of the air entry pressure and the hydrostatic pressure, with higher initiation pressures required in the fine and well-graded beads. Higher air flow rates and air saturations were obtained in coarser beads at a given pressure, and the variation in flow rate was consistent with estimated air permeabilities. Peak average air saturations were 28–56% for the coarse-medium beads, 10% for the well-graded beads, and 8% for the fine beads. Air saturation and the radius of influence increased modestly (<40%) as the normalized injection pressure exceeded 0.1. Radius of influence increased by approximately a factor of two as the well depth increased, but leveled off once the ratio of radius of influence to well depth reached 0.60–1.05. Pulsing of injection pressure had no effect on the initiation pressure, air flow rate, or air saturation, but increased the size of the air plume and the radius of influence slightly (<15%). Well outlet configuration had only a slight affect the radius of influence (<10%), air saturation (<10%), or air flow rate (<12%). Dye testing showed that water surrounding the air plume circulated during continuous and pulsed sparging. However, pulsed sparging resulted in greater and more defined circulation of water within and adjacent to the air plume, which should reduce mass transfer limitations during sparging.     

A dynamic two‐phase flow model for air sparging

Air sparging (AS) is an in situ soil/groundwater remediation technology, which involves the injection of pressurized air/oxygen through an air sparging well below the zone of contamination. Characterizing the mechanisms governing movement of air through saturated porous media is critical for the design of an effective cleanup treatment system. In this research, micromechanical investigation was performed to understand the physics of air migration and subsequent spatial distribution of air at pore scale during air sparging. The void space in the porous medium was first characterized by pore network consisting of connected pore bodies and bonds. The biconical abscissa asymmetric concentric bond was used to describe the connection between two adjacent pore bodies. Then a rule‐based dynamic two‐phase flow model was developed and applied to the pore network model. A forward integration of time was performed using the Euler scheme. For each time step, the effective viscosity of the fluid was calculated based on fractions of two phases in each bond, and capillary pressures across the menisci was considered to compute the pressure field. The developed dynamic model was used to study the rate‐dependent drainage during air sparging. The effect of the capillary number and geometrical properties of the network on the dynamic flow properties of two‐phase flow including residual saturation, spatial distribution of air and water, dynamic phase transitions, and relative permeability‐capillary pressure curves were systematically investigated. Results showed that all the above information for describing the air water two‐phase flow are not intrinsic properties of the porous medium but are affected by the two‐phase flow dynamics and spatial distribution of each phase, providing new insight to air sparging. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Advances in Air Sparging Technology of Saturated Zone

In situ air sparging involves injecting atmospheric air, under pressure, into the saturated zone to remove those volatile and semi-volatile organic groundwater contaminants and to promote their biodegradation by increasing subsurface oxygen concentrations. Due to the advantages of low cost, high efficiency and in situ constructability, groundwater Air Sparging (AS) technology has been quickly developed in the world recently. Based on the explanation of its remediation principle, literature review is done on the research advancement of air sparging technology mainly from three aspects. First, various methods for determination of the zone of influence and visualization techniques of air flow forms during air sparging are summarized. Then the influence of environmental geological conditions and construction technology parameters on the remediation effect of air sparging is systematically analyzed. Thereafter, two main types of air sparging theoretical models including lumped-parameter model and multiphase fluid flow model are discussed respectively in detail. Finally, based on the problems and difficulties existing in present research and engineering practice, several future tasks such as the enhancement remediation techniques in complex geological sites, microscopic intrinsic mechanisms, and establishment of related design and construction standards which require to be done are briefly analyzed.     

TECHNICAL NOTE An experimental investigation of air flow patterns in saturated soils during air sparging

Air sparging is an emerging method used to remediate saturated soils and groundwater that have been contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). During air sparging, air is injected into the subsurface below the lowest known depth of contamination. Due to buoyancy, the injected air will rise through the zone of contamination. Through a variety of mechanisms, including volatilization and biodegradation, the air will serve to remove or help degrade the contaminants. The contaminant-laden air will continue to rise towards the ground surface, eventually reaching the vadose zone, where the vapours are collected and treated using a soil vapour extraction (SVE) system.Air sparging performance and ultimately contaminant removal efficiency is highly dependent on the pattern and type of subsurface air flow. This paper presents the results of a laboratory experimental study which investigated the injected air flow pattern development within an aquifer simulation apparatus. The test apparatus consisted of a tank measuring 61 cm long by 25.4 cm wide by 38.1 cm high. The apparatus was equipped with one air injection well and two vapour extracton wells. Three different soils were used to simulate different aquifer conditions, including a sand, a fine gravel and a medium gravel. Experiments were performed with different injected air pressures combined with different vacuum and groundwater flow conditions. Experiments were also conducted by injecting air into simulated shallow aquifers with different thicknesses. The air flow patterns observed were found to depend significantly on the soil type, groundwater flow conditions and system controls, including injected air pressure, flow rate and applied vacuum. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998     

Remediation of saturated Shanghai sandy silt contaminated with p-xylene using air sparging

Air sparging is an effective technique for the remediation of soil and groundwater polluted by volatile organic compounds. In this paper, this technique was investigated by conducting air-sparging test in the laboratory on the Shanghai sandy silt that was artificially contaminated with p-xylene. A test tank was designed for this purpose. During the air-sparging process, aqueous p-xylene solutions were extracted from the observation holes, and their concentrations were quantified by the spectrophotometric detection method. The mechanism of mass transfer process of p-xylene in the vicinity of sparging well and the remediation of the contaminated groundwater by air sparging were explored. The results showed that the removal zone of the p-xylene was mainly located within a radius of about 20?cm around the air injection well, with 90?% p-xylene removed after 20-day air sparging. Within the initial 5-day sparging, the concentration of p-xylene decreased rapidly in the mass transfer zone. By contrast, in the area far from the injection well, the p-xylene concentration decreased evenly and slowly. Thus, the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater by air sparging is space?Ctime dependent. For further analysis, the adsorption of silt was taken into account, and the distribution coefficient, K _d , was introduced to the modified Shackleford??s mass transfer model. The comparison between the simulated and measured results indicates that the modified model can satisfactorily describe the p-xylene mass transfer observed in this study.     

准饱和多孔介质中圈闭气体对渗透系数的影响

含圈闭气体的地下水流称为准饱和流,准饱和流中的圈闭气体对含水层渗透系数有重大影响。通过柱试验开展了粉砂、细砂、中砂和粗砂4种介质圈闭气体饱和度与准饱和渗透系数关系的研究。结果表明:圈闭气体饱和度明显受介质的粒径影响,在细粒介质中圈闭气体饱和度明显较大;4种介质圈闭气体饱和度在0~15%范围内,准饱和渗透系数与完全饱和相比减少了32.82%~56.38%,且准饱和渗透系数与圈闭气体饱和度之间可表达为一个负线性相关的经验公式;该公式与Faybishenko公式等效,但形式简单,参数较少,使用方便;准饱和渗透系数的变化规律可概化为圈闭气体占据了原有的有效孔隙,造成原有效孔隙度减少,从而使渗透系数减小。利用该理论,Kozeny-Carman方程能较准确地描述准饱和渗透系数的变化规律,而基于哈根-泊肃叶方程的渗透系数公式则存在较大误差,不适用于描述准饱和渗透系数;试验结果证明了室内测定饱和渗透系数时排除圈闭气体的必要性。     

准饱和土中圆柱形衬砌的瞬态动力响应分析

内源瞬态荷载作用下圆柱形孔洞的动力响应解答是土动力学的经典问题之一。已有研究大都假设孔洞周围土体为理想弹性介质或完全饱和多孔介质。然而,实际工程中不存在完全弹性和完全饱和土体。分别视衬砌结构和周围土体为弹性材料和准饱和多孔介质（饱和度 95%）,根据牛顿第二定律、达西定律和Biot波动理论推导出准饱和土体的控制方程。根据边界条件导出衬砌和土体的位移、应力和孔隙压力的Laplace变换空间的解答。利用反Laplace变换数值计算方法,将解答转换为时域解。分析了饱和度对衬砌位移、应力和孔压的影响,结果表明,当95% 99%时,饱和度对径向位移和切向应力的影响较小;99% 100%时,饱和度对径向位移和切向应力的影响较大;但饱和度对孔隙压力的影响远大于对径向位移和切向应力的影响。得出位移、应力和孔压沿径向的衰减规律,当95% 99%时,饱和度对径向位移和切向应力沿径向衰减影响较小,99% 100%时,饱和度对径向位移和切向应力沿径向衰减影响较大,但饱和度对孔压沿径向的衰减影响远大于对径向位移和切向应力沿径向的衰减。