Bioremediation of leachate and soil contaminated with petroleum products
Petroleum products are generally accepted to be biodegradable, whether they are contaminating a liquid or solid phase. Considerable reference material exist to support this ascertain. However, no parameters exist for design of engineered treatment systems and little is known about how mixed cultures degrade sparingly soluble substrates, particularly in the soil environment. Further the heterogeneity of contaminant distribution in the soil environment, inhibit understanding of the processes involved. This dissertation is an attempt to provide methodologies for the assessment of biodegradation of petroleum products in these environments, together with development of procedures applicable to assessment of remediation in soils with heterogenous distribution of contaminants.
- Research Organization:
- Notre Dame Univ., IN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 7203886
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIODEGRADATION
EVALUATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SOILS
CONTAMINATION
MIXTURES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DISTRIBUTION
020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects
540220 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)