Method to select chemicals for in-situ biodegradation of fuel hydrocarbons. Final report, November 1988-January 1990

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6183567

Aggarwal, P K; Means, J L; Hinchee, R E; Headington, G L; Gavaskar, A R

The purpose of this report was to improve the effectiveness of enhanced biodegradation methods to decontaminate soils and ground waters polluted by JP-4 jet fuel spills. Laboratory studies were conducted to improve nutrient formulations, reduce in situ precipitation and test potential stabilizers for hydrogen peroxide. This laboratory study has investigated the geochemical reactions which cause aquifer plugging and tested several phosphate compounds with improved solubility characteristics. Trimetaphosphate was shown to be least reactive with soils and exhibited the best groundwater transport. Several stabilizing agents for hydrogen peroxide were tested in batch and column studies. Only citrate showed promise as a stabilizing agent in batch studies, however, its performance in an aquifer simulator was unimpressive. The laboratory procedures and geochemical models used in this project can assist scientists and engineers in determining the feasibility of site specific applications of this technology.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6183567
• Report Number(s): AD-A-227541/0/XAB; CNN: F08635-85-C-0122
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
540350 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AQUIFERS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BIODEGRADATION
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CITRATES
CLEANING
DECOMPOSITION
DECONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FUELS
GEOCHEMISTRY
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
IN-SITU PROCESSING
JET ENGINE FUELS
LAND RECLAMATION
MASS TRANSFER
NUTRIENTS
OPTIMIZATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PEROXIDES
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PLUGGING
PROCESSING
PROGRESS REPORT
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
SOLUBILITY
STABILIZATION
TESTING
WATER
WATER RECLAMATION