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The behaviour of LNAPL in sand due to fluctuating groundwater

The behaviour of LNAPL in sand due to fluctuating groundwater / Tan Jin Sheng
Tumpahan minyak banyak berlaku di seluruh dunia. Kejadian tumpahan minyak boleh berlaku semasa minyak pengangkutan, pengeluaran dan pemprosesan, dan juga disebabkan oleh kebocoran produk petroleum daripada kapal tangki minyak. Walaupun berlakunya kejadian tumpahan minyak yang minimum, sifat-sifat tanah akan diubah atau mendatang kesan buruk tertentu kepada persekitaran. Minyak yang lebih ringan daripada air dalam kepadatan, cenderung untuk terapung di atas air bawah tanah ketika minyak menyusup masuk ke dalam tanah. Oleh itu, kerja-kerja pemulihan perlu dilakukan untuk membersihkan tanah yang tercemar oleh minyak untuk mengelakkan kesan buruk jangka panjang kepada alam sekitar mahupun manusia sebab kegunaannya. Oleh sebab mahal dan kesulitan aktiviti mengesan tumpahan minyak di kawasan tanah yang besar, pembelajaran asas penghijrahan minyak akan memudahkan mengesan dan mengatasinya tanah yang tercemar secara berkesan. Pembelajaran tingkah laku penghijrahan minyak atau NAPL bawah tanah dalam perubahan aras air tanah akan membolehkan kita untuk mengkaji bagaimana NAPL berhijrah di dalam tanah dan mengedarkan dalam air bawah tanah. Oleh itu, satu dimensi ujian kolum telah dijalankan untuk mengkaji tingkah laku migrasi NAPL dalam pasir yang kian perubahan air tanah. Keturunan dan kenaikan air bawah tanah akan menyebabkan NAPL untuk mengagihkan semula dan berkumpul di dalam kawasan surut. Walaupun sifat-sifat NAPL yang membolehkan ia terapung atau berhijrah bersama-sama dengan air tanah, sesetengah NAPL akan terkumpul di kawasan surut. Ini dapat diperhatikan melalui profil tepu NAPL dan air dalam sampel pasir. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oil spill has been happening worldwide. The incidents of oil spillage can be happened during oil transportation, production and processing, as well as due to leakage of petroleum products from oil tankers. Even a minimal oil spill incidents happened, the soil properties will be altered or environment will be impacted with certain adverse effect. Oil which is lighter than water in density, tends to float on groundwater while they infiltrate into the ground. Thus, remediation work must be done to clean the contaminated soil by oil to prevent long term adverse effect on the environment or even humans upon consumption. Due to the difficulty and expensive tracing activity of oil spill in such huge area of soil, learning the fundamental of oil migration will facilitate the tracing and remediate contaminated soil effectively. Learning the behaviour of the oil or non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) migration in the soil due to its groundwater will allow us to study how the NAPL migrates in soil and distributes in groundwater. Hence, one-dimensional column test was carried out to study the behaviour of the NAPL migration in sand due to fluctuating groundwater. Fluctuating of groundwater will cause NAPL to redistribute and accumulate in the receded area. Despite the properties of NAPL which allow it floats or migrate along with groundwater table, certain amount of NAPL will be accumulated in area of groundwater receded. These can be observed through the saturation profile of NAPL and water in a sand sample.
Contributor(s):
Tan Jin Sheng - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875006838
Barcode : 00003106715
Language:
English
Subject Keywords:
Oil spill; leakage; oil tanker
First presented to the public:
6/1/2017
Original Publication Date:
3/23/2018
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Civil Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 83
License Grantor / Date Granted:
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Date Deposited
2018-03-23 16:41:09.812
Date Last Updated
2020-06-05 11:15:46.213
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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