Groundwater remediation and petroleum: A guide for underground storage tanks

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5857332

Noonan, D C; Curtis, J T

Gasoline is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, principally comprised of alkane, alkene, and aromatic hydrocarbons. Gasoline spilled or leaked into soil volatilizes due to its high vapor pressure, filling pore spaces with its vapors. Cleaning up a release from an underground storage tank requires both short-term emergency measures and long-term corrective actions. Short-term emergency measures involve taking immediate steps to abate imminent safety and health hazards, including potential explosions. The focus of this book is on long-term remediation and site restoration. Through the use of widely applied and proven technologies, ones that could be recommended at a site to secure desired results. In addition, the technologies are described with a specific focus on removing gasoline from the subsurface, especially the major constituents of concern in gasoline: benzene, toluene, and xylene. The book is structured as follows: Chapter 2 describes how packed air towers, carbon adsorption systems, and biorestoration techniques remove petroleum hydrocarbons from groundwater. Chapter 3 provides a detailed example problem on designing a packed air tower. Finally, Appendix A summarizes the recently enacted federal regulations governing underground storage tank systems.

• OSTI ID: 5857332
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ADSORPTION
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTAINERS
CONTAMINATION
DECOMPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
FUELS
GASOLINE
GROUND WATER
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LEAKS
LIQUID FUELS
MANAGEMENT
MANUALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PROCESSING
RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOVERY
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SORPTION
STORAGE
TANKS
TOLUENE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
XYLENES