Technology summary of the in situ bioremediation demonstration (methane biostimulation) via horizontal wells at the Savannah River Site Integrated Demonstration Project

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10157888· OSTI ID:10157888

Hazen, T C; Looney, B B; Fliermans, C B; Eddy-Dilek, C A ^[1]; Lombard, K H ^[2]; Enzien, M V ^[3]; Dougherty, J M ^[4]; Wear, J ^[5]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
2. Bechtel Savannah River, Inc., Aiken, SC (United States)
3. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
4. US Environmental Protection Agency, Irving, TX (United States)
5. Catawba State Coll., Salisbury, NC (United States)

The US Department of Energy, Office of Technology Development, has been sponsoring full-scale environmental restoration technology demonstrations for the past 4 years. The Savannah River Site Integrated Demonstration focuses on ``Clean-up of Soils ad Groundwater Contaminated with Chlorinated VOCs.`` Several laboratories including our own had demonstrated the ability of methanotrophic bacteria to completely degrade or mineralize chlorinated solvents, and these bacteria were naturally found in soil and aquifer material. Thus the test consisted of injection of methane mixed with air into the contaminated aquifer via a horizontal well and extraction from the vadose zone via a parallel horizontal well.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10157888
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-94-0323; CONF-940815-18; ON: DE94013289; TRN: 94:012955
• Resource Relation: Conference: SPECTRUM `94: international nuclear and hazardous waste management conference,Atlanta, GA (United States),14-18 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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