Transport of bisphenol-A in sandy aquifer sediment: Column experiment

The present paper aims to study the transport behavior of bisphenol-A (BPA) in sandy aquifer so as to provide important parameters for the prediction and control of contaminant plume in aquifer. Miscible displacement experiments were conducted and the breakthrough curves (BTCs) were simulated using HYDRUS-1D software. The effects of pore-water velocity (10-52 cm h(-1)) and initial concentration (2.5-40 mg L-1) on the sorption were also investigated. The BTCs of BPA fit the linear first-order non-equilibrium two-site model. The parameters such as partition coefficient (K-d), the fraction of instantaneous adsorption on Type-1 sites (F), the first order sorption rate coefficient for the kinetic non-equilibrium (type-2) sites (alpha), the retardation coefficient (R), and sorption capacity (q(column)) were computed. Results showed that BPA transported 0.11-0.83 m with various pore water velocity in sandy sediment column when water flowed 1 m. The sorption of BPA was mainly caused by the instantaneous surface adsorption as F varied from 0.596 to 0.908. The transport velocity of BPA was affected by pore water velocity (v) and followed the linear equation 1/R = 0.0600 + 0.0110v (r(2) = 0.9724). The parameter K-d were also closely related to v and followed the equation LnK(d) = 1.0023-0.0482v (r(2) = 0.9690). The sorption capacity was more related to the initial BPA concentration (C-0) and followed the linear equation q(column) = 0.265 + 0.253C(0) (r(2) = 0.9727). The parameter alpha was affected by both v and C-0 whereas F was not dramatically affected by both. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.