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Application of HYDRUS 1D model for assessment of phenol–soil adsorption dynamics

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Laboratory-scale batch, vertical, and horizontal column experiments were conducted to investigate the attenuative capacity of a fine-grained clayey soil of local origin in the surrounding of a steel plant wastewater discharge site in West Bengal, India, for removal of phenol. Linear, Langmuir, and Freundlich isotherm plots from batch experimental data revealed that Freundlich isotherm model was reasonably fitted (R 2 = 0.94). The breakthrough column experiments were also carried out with different soil bed heights (5, 10, and 15 cm) under uniform flow to study the hydraulic movements of phenol by evaluating time concentration flow behavior using bromide as a tracer. The horizontal migration test was also conducted in the laboratory using adsorptive phenol and nonreactive bromide tracer to explore the movement of solute in a horizontal distance. The hydrodynamic dispersion coefficients (D) in the vertical and horizontal directions in the soil were estimated using nonlinear least-square parameter optimization method in CXTFIT model. In addition, the equilibrium convection dispersion model in HYDRUS 1D was also examined to simulate the fate and transport of phenol in vertical and horizontal directions using Freundlich isotherm constants and estimated hydrodynamic parameters as input in the model. The model efficacy and validation were examined through statistical parameters such as the coefficient of determination (R 2), root mean square error and design of index (d).

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The authors are thankful to the Director, National Institute of Technology Durgapur-713209, West Bengal, India, for providing necessary assistance for carrying out the present research.

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Pal, S., Mukherjee, S. & Ghosh, S. Application of HYDRUS 1D model for assessment of phenol–soil adsorption dynamics. Environ Sci Pollut Res 21, 5249–5261 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2467-2

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