A field test of permeation grouting in heterogeneous soils using a new generation of barrier liquids
Conference
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OSTI ID:115555
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Bechtel Corp., San Francisco, CA (United States)
A field demonstration of permeation grouting was conducted at a gravel quarry near Los Banos, California, with the purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of the concept. Two grouts were used: a form of colloidal silica that gels after the addition of a gelling agent, and a polysiloxane that polymerizes after the addition of a catalyst. Both create relatively impermeable barriers in response to the large increase in viscosity during gelation or polymerization, respectively. The grouts were successfully injected at a depth between 10 and 14ft. Subsequent exhumation of the injected gravels revealed that both grouts produced relatively uniform bulbs. Laboratory measurements of the grouted material retrieved from the field showed at least a four order of magnitude reduction in permeability over the ungrouted material.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 115555
- Report Number(s):
- LBL--37554; CONF-950868--20; ON: DE96001123
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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