Determinación de la pluma de contaminación de un derrame de combustible en la vía Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas-Esmeraldas utilizando el software NAPL Simulator

Abstract

The pollutants in the soil can be present in the aqueous and gaseous phase, isolated or adsorbed by the porous phase of the soil, so the leakage from underground storage and spills on the surface from several hydrocarbon sources in Ecuador have caused large pollution problems as well as concern because it has been impossible to carry out the field analysis of the affected areas, these problems reflect the need to apply techniques for detecting and measuring the concentration of pollutants in a remote way, this results from the need to implement methodologies with the use of software to simulate the contamination by liquids in groundwater from Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas-Esmeraldas road using the NAPL software, this will allow generating alternatives that reduce the damage caused by fossil fuel spills. As a result of the study, it was possible to detect that the soil in the area where spills occurred has clay-sandy characteristics, which allow pollution to decrease, facilitating in this way the collection and recovery of the pollutant in superficial layers, in addition these simulations facilitate predictions over time to make decisions which allow minimizing the environmental impact that may cause fuel spills in the future; thus, the use of programming is recommended to obtain real-time data for the punctual appreciation of the pollutant action in order to minimize the impact on the affected area.