Parameter Estimation Guidelines for Risk-Based Corrective Action ...
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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