NDLI: A benchmark for microbially mediated chromium reduction under denitrifying conditions in a biostimulation column experiment

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Author	Molins, Sergi Greskowiak, Janek Wanner, Christoph Mayer, K. Ulrich
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Bioremediation efforts in aquifers contaminated with redox-sensitive contaminants often rely on in situ reductive immobilization. The bioremediation treatment usually involves injection of organic carbon into the subsurface (e.g., acetate) to stimulate the growth of indigenous bacteria that mediate the relevant redox processes that immobilize the target contaminant. Batch and flow-through column experimental studies are conducted to elucidate reaction networks associated with specific electron acceptor pathways and/or specific bacterial isolates. The proposed benchmark involves the simulation of microbially mediated chromium reduction under denitrifying conditions in biostimulated batch and flow-through column experiments. Simulated reactive processes include multicomponent aqueous complexation, kinetically controlled mineral precipitation and dissolution, biologically mediated reactions, and biomass growth and decay. The focus of the benchmark problem set is on the simulation of microbially mediated redox reactions with the explicit inclusion of the microbial community dynamics and the impacts on reaction rates. Rate expressions for microbially mediated redox reactions include kinetic limitations (Monod and inhibition terms) as well as thermodynamic limitations. Both catabolic (energy) and anabolic pathways (biomass growth) are considered in the microbially mediated reactions. Microbial biomass is assumed to be bound to the sediment (non-planktonic). Any reactive transport model used to reproduce results of this benchmark problem must be capable of simulating multicomponent aqueous complexation, kinetically controlled mineral precipitation and dissolution and kinetically controlled aqueous reactions. Though convenient, it is not necessary to allow for specific stoichiometric relationships for catabolic and anabolic pathways; only the overall reaction stoichiometry is used. Rate expressions for microbially mediated reaction must include a rate constant, the biomass concentration, and a number of Monod and inhibition terms. To ensure that the results presented in this paper were the correct solutions to the problems posed, the general-purpose reactive transport codes CrunchFlow, PHT3D, ToughReact, and MIN3P were used to perform the simulations. In general, results obtained with all codes show excellent agreement.
Starting Page	479
Ending Page	496
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14200597
Journal	Computational Geosciences
Volume Number	19
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731499
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2014-09-18
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Reactive transport modeling Microbially mediated reduction Denitrification Chromium reduction Biomass Benchmark Earth Sciences Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Hydrogeology Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics Soil Science & Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computers in Earth Sciences Computational Theory and Mathematics Computer Science Applications Computational Mathematics

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