Method and system for remediation system benefit analysis

摘要

A method for evaluating the benefit of a remediation system, the method comprising calculating plume stability characteristics, determining a mass indicator trend line; determining a contaminant removed trend line, graphically displaying the mass indicator trend line and the contaminant removed trend line, and determining a remediation system benefit trend based on a graphical relationship of the mass indicator trend line and the contaminant removed trend line shown on the graphical display. Also, a method for analyzing a remediation system, the method comprising determining a remediation system benefit trend, determining a relative cost trend, determining a cost/benefit indicator, and categorizing the remediation system according to the remediation system benefit trend, the relative cost trend, and the cost/benefit indicator.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for formatting a display unit to present plots of plume stability characteristics to direct subsequent remedial actions for a remediation system, the method comprising:
calculating, by the processor, plume stability characteristics for a given plume; determining, by the processor, a mass indicator regression trend line using the plume stability characteristics; determining, by the processor, a contaminant removed regression trend line of contaminant removal from the plume by the remediation system; and automatically graphically displaying, at the display unit, at a plot having a first axis associated with a weight unit and a second axis associated with time, the mass indicator regression trend line and the contaminant removed trend line superimposed in relation to the mass indicator regression trend line such that the contaminant removed regression trend line and the mass indicator regression trend line are normalized to the same weight unit and originating at a common point on the first plot, wherein the mass indicator regression trend line is presented with a first line type and the contaminant removed regression trend line is presented with a second line type, wherein the first line type is different from the second line type; and presenting, at the display unit, a list of remedial actions, including: i) indicia for a first action when an unsigned numerical value of a first slope associated with the mass indicator regression trend line is greater than an unsigned numerical value of a second slope associated with the contaminant removed regression trend line and each of the first and second slopes is of different signs to each other, ii) indicia for a second action when the unsigned numerical value of the first slope is less than the unsigned numerical value of the second slope and each of the first and second slopes is of different signs to each other, iii) indicia for a third action when the unsigned numerical value of the first slope is less than the unsigned numerical value of the second slope and both of the first and second slopes are of the same sign, and iv) indicia for a fourth action when the unsigned numerical value of the first slope is greater than the unsigned numerical value of the second slope and both of the first and second slopes are of the same sign.