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Bernard H. Kueper

Bernard H. Kueper

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Earth Science

D-Index
30
Citations
4284
World Ranking
9063
National Ranking
458

Overview

Bernard H. Kueper is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and actively contributes to environmental science and engineering research. Their work spans a range of topics primarily focused on contamination and remediation in groundwater and soil systems.

Key research areas and topics in Kueper's work include:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Kueper's research fields primarily cover Environmental Science and Engineering, with subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Frequent publication venues where Kueper has contributed include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Journal of Hydrology

Their recent papers cover remediation techniques using mechanochemical and electrochemical approaches, with notable publications as follows:

  • Mechanochemical remediation of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) amended sand and aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) impacted soil by planetary ball milling, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Use of a horizontal ball mill to remediate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Low permeability zone remediation of trichloroethene via coupling electrokinetic migration with in situ electrochemical hydrodechlorination, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Mechanochemical degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil using an industrial-scale horizontal ball mill with comparisons of key operational metrics, 2024, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Modelling gas-phase recovery of volatile organic compounds during in situ thermal treatment, 2020, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Kueper has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Kevin G. Mumford, Kent Novakowski, David Patch, Kela P. Weber, and Xiaolong Wu.

In addition to journal articles, Kueper has contributed to book publications under The Groundwater Project eBooks, including titles such as "Flow and Distribution of Non-aqueous Phase Liquids" published in 2022 and a similarly titled book published in 2024.

Best Publications

  • A Field Experiment to Study the Behavior of Tetrachloroethylene Below the Water Table: Spatial Distribution of Residual and Pooled DNAPL

    Bernard H. Kueper;David Redman;Robert C. Starr;Stanley Reitsma

  • Two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media: 1. Model development

    Bernard H. Kueper;Emil O. Frind

  • Evaluation of cubic law based models describing single-phase flow through a rough-walled fracture

    Julie S. Konzuk;Julie S. Konzuk;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Experimental observations of multiphase flow in heterogeneous porous media

    Bernard H. Kueper;Wesley Abbott;Graham Farquhar

  • Two‐phase flow in heterogeneous porous media: 2. Model application

    Bernard H. Kueper;Emil O. Frind

  • The Behavior of Dense, Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Fractured Clay and Rock

    Bernard H. Kueper;David B. McWhorter

  • A field experiment to study the behavior of tetrachloroethylene in unsaturated porous media

    Mette M. Poulsen;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Laboratory measurement of capillary pressure‐saturation relationships in a rock fracture

    Stanley Reitsma;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Observed Migration of a Controlled DNAPL Release by Geophysical Methods

    M. L. Brewster;A. P. Annan;J. P. Greenhouse;B. H. Kueper

  • An overview of immiscible fingering in porous media

    Bernard H. Kueper;Emil O. Frind

  • Variability of point source infiltration rates for two‐phase flow in heterogeneous porous media

    Bernard H. Kueper;Jason I. Gerhard

  • Capillary pressure characteristics necessary for simulating DNAPL infiltration, redistribution, and immobilization in saturated porous media

    J. I. Gerhard;J. I. Gerhard;B. H. Kueper

  • Enhanced Solubilization and Destruction of Tetrachloroethylene by Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and Iron

    George O. Bizzigotti;David A. Reynolds;Bernard H. Kueper

  • The Use of Macroscopic Percolation Theory to Construct Large-Scale Capillary Pressure Curves

    Bernard H. Kueper;David B. McWhorter

  • Removal of pooled dense, nonaqueous phase liquid from saturated porous media using upward gradient alcohol floods

    Stuart R. D. Lunn;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Relative permeability characteristics necessary for simulating DNAPL infiltration, redistribution, and immobilization in saturated porous media

    J. I. Gerhard;J. I. Gerhard;B. H. Kueper

  • Numerical Simulation of Surfactant-Enhanced Solubilization of Pooled DNAPL

    Anna R. Mason;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Mechanochemical remediation of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) amended sand and aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) impacted soil by planetary ball milling.

    Lauren P. Turner;Bernard H. Kueper;Kevin M. Jaansalu;David J. Patch

  • Matrix diffusion-derived plume attenuation in fractured bedrock

    David S. Lipson;Bernard H. Kueper;Michael J. Gefell

  • On the Use and Error of Approximation in the Domenico (1987) Solution

    Michael R. West;Bernard H. Kueper;Michael J. Ungs

  • Numerical examination of the factors controlling DNAPL migration through a single fracture.

    David Reynolds;B.H. Kueper

  • The use of upward gradients to arrest downward dense, nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) migration in the presence of solubilizing surfactants

    Bettina L. Longino;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Concentration rebound following in situ chemical oxidation in fractured clay.

    Keely Mundle;David A. Reynolds;Michael R. West;Bernard H. Kueper

  • Influence of constitutive model parameters on the predicted migration of DNAPL in heterogeneous porous media

    J. I. Gerhard;J. I. Gerhard;B. H. Kueper

  • Time Scales of DNAPL Migration in Sandy Aquifers Examined via Numerical Simulation

    Jason I. Gerhard;TiWee Pang;Bernard H. Kueper

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason I. Gerhard
Jason I. Gerhard University of Western Ontario
Emil O. Frind
Emil O. Frind University of Waterloo
Brent E. Sleep
Brent E. Sleep University of Toronto
Paul C. Johnson
Paul C. Johnson Arizona State University
Ronald W. Falta
Ronald W. Falta Clemson University
John T. Wilson
John T. Wilson Environmental Protection Agency
Fang Zhang
Fang Zhang Tsinghua University

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