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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Hydrogeology

Background:

  • Petroleum hydrocarbon leakage from underground storage tanks and pipelines contaminates soil and groundwater, posing risks to ecosystems and communities.
  • Effective remediation system design and management for contaminated sites remain challenging for practitioners.
  • Subsurface simulation models combined with optimization techniques offer advanced solutions for contaminated site management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive review of simulation and optimization techniques for petroleum waste management and site remediation.
  • To examine recent developments, advancements, challenges, and barriers in these integrated approaches.
  • To investigate perspectives for effective site management and identify areas for future research.

Main Methods:

  • Review of numerous studies on subsurface contaminant flow and transport simulation.
  • Examination of integrated simulation-optimization systems for identifying optimal management strategies.
  • Analysis of methodologies and applications supporting process control in petroleum waste management.

Main Results:

  • Simulation-optimization systems effectively model complex subsurface behaviors and identify cost-effective remediation designs.
  • These integrated approaches support process control for petroleum waste management and site remediation.
  • Numerous studies demonstrate the application of these techniques in addressing contaminated site challenges.

Conclusions:

  • Simulation-optimization techniques are crucial for effective petroleum-contaminated site remediation and groundwater resource protection.
  • Future research should focus on data availability, uncertainty, post-modeling analysis, and process control technique development.
  • Enhanced research is needed to overcome barriers and improve the application of these advanced management strategies.