Performance of pilot scale bioventing at an aviation gasoline spill site. Book chapter

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:5917235

Kampbell, D H

An aviation gasoline (Avgas) spill of near 35,000 gallons occurred over 20 years ago at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City, Michigan. The site has a relatively uniform subsurface of beach sand to a depth of 50 feet. A three-feet vertical smear of oily globules was near the water table depth of 15 feet. Two pilot-scale bioventing systems were evaluated on a portion of the 240 x 1100 foot surface area plume. The vadose zone contaminated with aviation gasoline was satisfactorily bioremediated by both venting systems. Differential performance between the two systems was not apparent. Operational time for clean-up was eight months. Surface emissions of gasoline vapor during systems operation were minimal.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK (United States). Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5917235
• Report Number(s): PB-93-221943/XAB; EPA--600/A-93/176
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AVIATION FUELS
BIOCONVERSION
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COASTAL REGIONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
DEPTH
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIMENSIONS
EVALUATED DATA
EVALUATION
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASOLINE
INFORMATION
LAND POLLUTION CONTROL
LEVELS
LIQUID FUELS
MICHIGAN
MICROCOSMS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PILOT PLANTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
SAND
SOILS
SURFACE AREA
SURFACE PROPERTIES
UNDERGROUND
USA
WASTES
WATER TABLES