Resistivity and Induced Polarization Monitoring of Biogas combined with Microbial Ecology on a Brown field Site


Autoria(s): Mendonça, Carlos A.; Doherty, Rory; Debellis Amaral, Nathan D.; McPolin, Blathnaid; Larkin, Michael J.; Ustra, Andrea
Data(s)

01/11/2015

Resumo

The accumulation of biogenic greenhouse gases (methane, carbon dioxide) in organic sediments is an important factor in the redevelopment and risk management of many brownfield sites. Good practice with brownfield site characterization requires the identification of free-gas phases and pathways that allow its migration and release at the ground surface. Gas pockets trapped in the subsurface have contrasting properties with the surrounding porous media that favor their detection using geophysical methods. We have developed a case study in which pockets of gas were intercepted with multilevel monitoring wells, and their lateral continuity was monitored over time using resistivity. We have developed a novel interpretation procedure based on Archie’s law to evaluate changes in water and gas content with respect to a mean background medium. We have used induced polarization data to account for errors in applying Archie’s law due to the contribution of surface conductivity effects. Mosaics defined by changes in water saturation allowed the recognition of gas migration and groundwater infiltration routes and the association of gas and groundwater fluxes. The inference on flux patterns was analyzed by taking into account pressure measurements in trapped gas reservoirs and by metagenomic analysis of the microbiological content, which was retrieved from suspended sediments in groundwater sampled in multilevel monitoring wells. A conceptual model combining physical and microbiological subsurface processes suggested that biogas trapped at depth may have the ability to quickly travel to the surface.<br/>

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/resistivity-and-induced-polarization-monitoring-of-biogas-combined-with-microbial-ecology-on-a-brown-field-site(54b36f01-df50-466c-954f-ab7e5acbef84).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/INT-2015-0057.1

http://pure.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/16468514/Accepted_version.pdf

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eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

Mendonça , C A , Doherty , R , Debellis Amaral , N D , McPolin , B , Larkin , M J & Ustra , A 2015 , ' Resistivity and Induced Polarization Monitoring of Biogas combined with Microbial Ecology on a Brown field Site ' Interpretation (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) , vol 3 , no. 4 , pp. SAB43-SAB56 . DOI: 10.1190/INT-2015-0057.1

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article