Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments / by Yijun Yao, Qiang Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yao, Yijun, author.

Chen, Qiang (Researcher in adaptive control systems and neural networks), author.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental monitoring.

Environmental management.

Environmental sciences--Social aspects.

Environmental sciences.

Soil science.

Ecology.

Environmental Monitoring.

Environmental Management.

Environmental Social Sciences.

Soil Science.

Environmental Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Monitoring.

Environmental Management.

Environmental Social Sciences.

Soil Science.

Environmental Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This book introduces key concepts in modeling and risk assessments of vapor intrusion, a process by which the subsurface volatile contaminants migrate into the building of concern. Soil vapor intrusion is the major exposure pathway for building occupants to chemicals from the subsurface, and its risk assessments determine the criteria of volatile contaminants in soil/groundwater in brownfield redevelopment. The chapters feature the recent advances in vapor intrusion studies and practices, including analytical and numerical modeling of vapor intrusion, statistical findings of United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Vapor Intrusion Database and Petroleum Vapor Intrusion Databases, the challenges of preferential pathways, and the application of building pressure cycling methods, and field practices of vapor intrusion risk assessments at developed contaminated sites and in brownfield redevelopment. This volume also summarizes the advantages and limits of current applications invapor intrusion risk assessment, laying the groundwork for future research of better understanding in risk characterization of soil vapor intrusion using models. Written by experts in this field, Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments will serve as an invaluable reference for researchers, regulators, and practitioners, who are interested in perceiving the basic knowledge and current advances in risk assessments of soil vapor intrusion.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Screening models of vapor intrusion

Chapter 2. Numerical models of vapor intrusion

Chapter 3. US EPA’s Vapor Intrusion Database and Generic Attenuation factor

Chapter 4. US EPA’s PVI Database and Vertical Screening Distances

Chapter 5. Preferential pathways and the building pressure cycling method

Chapter 6. Vapor intrusion risk assessments in brownfield redevelopment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Yao, Yijun Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments

ISBN:

981-19-2700-6

OCLC:

1337523226