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Groundwater Services, Inc.<br />

Continued<br />

Equation CM-5: Groundwater Volatilization Factor (VFwamb)<br />

Uair<br />

breathing zone<br />

δ air<br />

L gw<br />

h v d i f f u s i n g v a p o r s<br />

h<br />

c<br />

dissolved plume<br />

groundwater<br />

vadose zone<br />

capillary zone<br />

( )<br />

⎡ 3<br />

mg / m − air ⎤<br />

VF ⎢<br />

⎥<br />

3<br />

wamb<br />

10<br />

⎢ ( mg/L − H2O)<br />

⎥ = Η<br />

Uair air L<br />

⎣<br />

⎦ 1 + ⎡ x<br />

GW<br />

eff<br />

⎣ ⎢ δ ⎤<br />

⎥<br />

⎢ WDws<br />

⎦⎥<br />

W<br />

Equation CM-6: Groundwater to Enclosed Space Volatilization Factor (VFwesp)<br />

L<br />

b<br />

: Vol. / Infil. Area Ratio<br />

L crack : Foundation<br />

ER: air<br />

Thickness<br />

exchange<br />

enclosed-space<br />

rate<br />

foundation cracks<br />

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br />

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br />

vadose zone<br />

h v<br />

L gw<br />

d i f f u s i n g v a p o r s<br />

h c<br />

dissolved plume<br />

capillary zone<br />

⎡<br />

H D eff<br />

ws / L ⎤<br />

GW<br />

⎡ 3<br />

( mg / m − air)<br />

⎤<br />

⎢ ⎥<br />

ER LB<br />

VF ⎢<br />

⎥<br />

3<br />

wesp<br />

10<br />

⎢( mg / L − H2O)<br />

⎥ =<br />

⎣⎢<br />

⎦⎥<br />

x<br />

eff<br />

eff<br />

⎣<br />

⎦ Dws<br />

/ LGW<br />

Dws<br />

/ LGW<br />

1 + ⎡ ⎤<br />

⎡<br />

⎤<br />

⎢ ⎥<br />

ER L<br />

eff<br />

⎣⎢<br />

B ⎦⎥ + ⎢<br />

⎥<br />

( Dcrack<br />

/ L<br />

⎣⎢<br />

crack ) η<br />

⎦⎥<br />

groundwater<br />

W<br />

Equation CM-7: Soil Leachate Partition Factor(Ksw)<br />

Equation CM-8: Leachate-Groundwater Dilution Factor (LDF)<br />

I: Infiltration Rate<br />

affected soils<br />

vadose zone<br />

( )<br />

⎡ mg / L − H2O<br />

⎤ ρ<br />

K<br />

s<br />

sw ⎢<br />

⎥ =<br />

⎣ ( mg/kg − soil)<br />

⎦ θws + ksρs + Hθas<br />

V gw<br />

leachate<br />

dissolved plume<br />

groundwater<br />

W<br />

δgw<br />

mixing<br />

zone<br />

Vgwδgw<br />

LDF[ dimensionless]= 1 +<br />

IW<br />

FIGURE 2. CROSS-MEDIA PARTITIONING EQUATIONS IN THE RBCA SPREADSHEET SYSTEM<br />

Continued<br />

NGWA Petroleum Hydrocarbons Conference 5 <strong>Parameter</strong> <strong>Estimation</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong><br />

Houston, Texas, November 1996<br />

<strong>for</strong> RBCA Modeling

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