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Impacts Of An Ethanol-Blended Fuel Release On Groundwater And Fate Of Produced Methane: Simulation Of Field Observations, Kevin P. Feris
Impacts Of An Ethanol-Blended Fuel Release On Groundwater And Fate Of Produced Methane: Simulation Of Field Observations, Kevin P. Feris
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[1] In a field experiment at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) designed to mimic the impact of a small-volume release of E10 (10% ethanol and 90% conventional gasoline), two plumes were created by injecting extracted groundwater spiked with benzene, toluene, and o-xylene, abbreviated BToX (no-ethanol lane) and BToX plus ethanol (with-ethanol lane) for 283 days. We developed a reactive transport model to understand processes controlling the fate of ethanol and BToX. The model was calibrated to the extensive field data set and accounted for concentrations of sulfate, iron, acetate, and methane along with …