Coupled Flow and Reactive Transport Processes in Subsoil

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".

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Politecnico di Milano, Environmental and Civil Engineering, Milan, Italy
Interests: hydrogeology; groundwater; flow numerical modeling; solute transport modeling; reactive transport modeling; heat transfer; geo-thermal energy; heat transport numerical modeling; geoexchange; borehole heat exchangers; ground-source heat pump; geomorphology; landscape
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Politecnico di Milano, Environmental and Civil Engineering, Milan, Italy
Interests: reactive transport modelling; compound-specific isotope analysis; hydrogeology; water management; uncertainty analysis
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TU Delft, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: reactive transport modelling; hydrochemistry; (bio)geochemistry; managed aquifer recharge; arsenic; drinking water treatment

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Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue entitled “Coupled Flow and Reactive Transport Processes in Subsoil” focuses on the use of analytical or numerical approaches concerning flow and reactive transport processes in aquifers. Several essential and practical issues of the reactive transport processes within the vadose and saturated portions of aquifers, which are crucial to solve engineering and environmental problems, have not yet been understood in detail and are still not widely used to support decision-making processes.

The numerical quantitative approach offers the opportunity to better identify and understand the physical and biogeochemical processes’ dynamics which happens in the aquifer, occurring both in the vadose and saturated zone of aquifers and helping scientists and technicians to identify the most effective solutions.

Our goal is to gather manuscripts discussing the mentioned topics, including recent experimental, analytical, and numerical results related to the study of complexities in reproducing flow and reactive transport processes in variably saturated porous media across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales (including uncertainty analysis and risk assessment of operations).

In particular, we warmly welcome contributions related to the following topics of interest:

  • Flow processes in porous media and fractured rocks.
  • Reactive transport processes in the vadose zone and saturated portions of aquifers.
  • Biogeochemistry and reactive transport.
  • Isotope fractionation models.
  • Coupled hydraulic, thermal, chemical, and biological processes.
  • Recent laboratory experiments on the main parameters affecting reactive transport processes in subsoil.
  • Advanced numerical modeling or analytical framework and methods.

Dr. Matteo Antelmi
Dr. Diego Di Curzio
Dr. Pietro Mazzon
Dr. Emiel Kruisdijk
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Keywords

  • hydrogeology
  • reactive transport modeling
  • compound-specific isotope analysis
  • groundwater
  • remediation activities
  • transport in vadose and saturated aquifers

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Improved Delivery of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Particles and Simplified Design Tools for Effective Aquifer Nanoremediation
by Carlo Bianco, Federico Mondino and Alessandro Casasso
Water 2023, 15(12), 2303; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122303 - 20 Jun 2023
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The subsurface injection of nanoscale zero-valent iron particles (nZVI) for the in situ reductive remediation of contaminated aquifers has grown over the last 25 years. However, several efforts are still being made to improve the stability and delivery of nZVI and to simplify [...] Read more.
The subsurface injection of nanoscale zero-valent iron particles (nZVI) for the in situ reductive remediation of contaminated aquifers has grown over the last 25 years. However, several efforts are still being made to improve the stability and delivery of nZVI and to simplify the procedure for site-specific injection design. In this study, the injectability and mobility of a commercial nZVI-based reactive gel was tested in a radial geometry laboratory setup. The gel proved to be highly mobile in sandy porous media, allowing for the achievement of a radius of influence (ROI) of 0.7 m with a homogeneous nZVI distribution within the domain. The experimental results therefore confirmed that nZVI permeation injection with a good radius of influence is possible in conductive formations. The software MNMs 2023 (Micro- and Nanoparticle transport, filtration, and clogging Model-Suite) was then applied to model the radial transport experiment and extrapolate results with the aim of developing a new graphical tool for simple and effective nZVI permeation injection design. For this purpose, 1800 numerical simulations were performed to build two multiparametric maps to predict the expected ROI in two typical aquifer lithologies and over a wide range of operating conditions. Full article
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