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Innovative bioreactor offers cleanup option for petroleum-contaminated wastes

Journal Article · · Environmental Solutions; (United States)
OSTI ID:7102657
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  1. Michigan Biotechnology Inst., Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
  3. Envirex Inc., Waukesha, WI (United States)

An innovative treatment technology that can remove more than 99 percent total benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylene (BTEX) from groundwater is in commercial use at about 25 US sites. Work performed by the Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI) in cooperation with Envirex Inc. and the Gas Research Institute has shown that the granular activated-carbon, fluidized-bed reactor (GAC-FBR) is effective in treating groundwater, produced-water brines and tank bottom wastes contaminated with BTEX, aliphatic hydrocarbons and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. The system offers significant cost-savings over conventional pump-and-treat methods, such as carbon adsorption or air stripping coupled with vapor-phase control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.

OSTI ID:
7102657
Journal Information:
Environmental Solutions; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Solutions; (United States) Vol. 7:6; ISSN XZ280J
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English