Development of a forecasting system for supporting remediation design and process control based on NAPL‐biodegradation simulation and stepwise‐cluster analysis

Effective process control is crucial in implementing remediation actions for petroleum‐contaminated sites. However, in dealing with in situ bioremediation practices, difficulties exist in incorporating numerical simulation models that are needed for process forecasting within real‐time non‐linear optimization frameworks that are critical for supporting the process control. With such difficulties, it is desired that a statistical relationship …