Experimental study on retardation of a heavy NAPL vapor in partially saturated porous media

Kleinknecht, Simon Matthias; Class, Holger; Braun, Jürgen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1381-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1381-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1381-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 3

Research article

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08 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 08 Mar 2017

Experimental study on retardation of a heavy NAPL vapor in partially saturated porous media

Simon Matthias Kleinknecht, Holger Class, and Jürgen Braun

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RC1: 'Review of Experimental study on retardation of a heavy NAPL vapor in partially saturated porous media Simon M. Kleinknecht, Holger Class, and Jürgen Braun', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Sep 2016
- SC1: 'Short reply to Review #1', Simon Matthias Kleinknecht, 30 Sep 2016
RC2: 'hess-2016-440: Experimental study on retardation of a heavy NAPL vapor in partially saturated porous media', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Nov 2016
AC1: 'Final Author Comment', Simon Matthias Kleinknecht, 17 Nov 2016

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (28 Nov 2016) by Brian Berkowitz

AR by Simon Matthias Kleinknecht on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Jan 2017) by Brian Berkowitz

ED: Publish as is (13 Feb 2017) by Brian Berkowitz

AR by Simon Matthias Kleinknecht on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2017)

Short summary

Retardation of migrating contaminant vapors in the subsurface may mitigate groundwater contamination or vapor intrusion into buildings. An experimental investigation was conducted to quantify the retardation of carbon disulfide (CS₂) vapor in moist porous media based on the analysis of concentration breakthrough curves. Findings linked retardation to types of porous media and water saturation. Moreover, the first evidence of biodegradation of the CS₂ vapor was found in the column experiments.