场地孔隙含水层非均质性对污染物迁移转化与修复的影响
袁媛 , 朱巧慧 , 童曼 , 李航 , 郑先中 , 刘洁 , 袁松虎
地球科学 ›› 2026, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (6) : 2336 -2346.
场地孔隙含水层非均质性对污染物迁移转化与修复的影响
Influence of Porous Aquifer Heterogeneity on Contaminant Transport, Transformation and Remediation
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孔隙含水层非均质性是制约污染场地地下水修复的核心因素.阐述了结构与氧化还原两种非均质性的概念,深入分析了两种非均质性对污染物和修复剂迁移转化的影响机制.结构非均质主要影响污染物迁移和修复剂传输扩散过程,含水介质渗透性差异通常导致低渗区成为修复剂难以入渗的修复盲区,在修复后期因反向扩散出现污染物浓度反弹.以氧化还原容量差异表征的氧化还原非均质性,主要通过参与电子转移过程影响污染物转化和修复剂消耗,因此选择修复技术和设计参数时需特别考虑氧化还原容量的影响.最后针对非均质含水层修复中的关键挑战,在总结应对措施的基础上提出了未来的研究方向.
Porous aquifer heterogeneity is a fundamental factor constraining the efficiency of groundwater remediation at contaminated sites. This study clarified the concepts of structural heterogeneity and redox heterogeneity, and systematically analyzed the mechanisms of heterogeneity governing the transport and transformation of contaminants and remediation reagents.Structural heterogeneity primarily controls contaminant transport and the delivery and dispersion of remediation reagents. Permeability difference within aquifers commonly results in remediation blind zones in low-permeability regions as amendment penetration is limited. This may lead to contaminant rebound during the later stage of remediation due to back diffusion. Redox heterogeneity, characterized by spatial variations in redox capacity, mainly influenced contaminant transformation and remediation reagent consumption through its involvement in electron transfer processes. Consequently, the effects of redox capacity must be explicitly considered in the selection of remediation technologies and the design of operational parameters. Finally, key challenges associated with the remediation of heterogeneous aquifers are identified, and future research directions are proposed based on a synthesis of existing mitigation strategies.
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