Long-term performance evaluation of permeable reactive barrier using zero-valent iron

Long-term Performance of Permeable Reactive Barriers Using Zero-valent Iron: An Evaluation at Two Sites

The permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology is an in-situ approach for remediating groundwater contamination that combines subsurface fluid flow management with a passive chemical treatment zone. Removal of contaminants from a groundwater plume is achieved by altering chemical conditions in the plume as it moves through the reactive barrier. Because the reactive barrier approach is a passiv...

Long-Term Performance of Zero-Valent Iron Permeable Reactive Barriers: A Critical Review

Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) have shown great promise as an alternative to pump and treat for the remediation of groundwater containing a wide array of contaminants including organics, metals, and radionuclides. Analyses to date have focused on individual case studies, rather than considering broad performance issues. In response to this need, this study analyzed data from field installat...

Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier Performance

Microbiological characteristics in a zero-valent iron reactive barrier.

Zero-valent iron (Fe0)-based permeable reactive barrier treatment has been generating great interest for passive groundwater remediation, yet few studies have paid particular attention to the microbial activity and characteristics within and in the vicinity of the Fe0-barrier matrix. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the microbial population and community composition in the reducing ...

Assessment of long-term performance and chromate reduction mechanisms in a field scale permeable reactive barrier.

An innovative full-scale implementation of a permeable reactive barrier, consisting of a double-row of cylinders filled with zerovalent iron shavings, for chromate remediation was monitored over four years. Solid samples were analyzed to elucidate (i) the relevant corrosion mechanisms and products, (ii) the pathways of chromate reduction and immobilization, and (iii) the long-term performance o...