Air/Superfund National Technical Guidance study series: estimation of air impacts for soil vapor extraction (SVE) systems

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5716564

Eklund, B; Smith, S; Thompson, P; Malik, A S

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and the Regional Air Offices have been given the responsibility to evaluate air impacts from Superfund sites. The report provides procedures for roughly estimating the ambient air concentrations associated with soil vapor extraction (SVE). The procedures for SVE systems are analogous to procedures for air strippers that have previously been published. SVE is also known as soil venting, vacuum extraction, aeration, or in-situ volatilization. It is a widely used technique for removing volatile organic compound (VOC) vapors from contaminated soil. Procedures are given to evaluate the effect of the concentration of the contaminants in the soil-gas and the extraction rate on the emission rates and on the ambient air concentrations at selected distances from the SVE system.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Austin, TX (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5716564
• Report Number(s): PB-92-143676/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-D1-0031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AERATION
AIR POLLUTION
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXTRACTION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MATTER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING