Apparatus for treatment of soils contaminated with organic pollutants

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:868760

Wickramanayake, Godage B ^[1]

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1. Columbus, OH

An apparatus for treating soil contaminated by organic compounds wherein an ozone containing gas is treated with acid to increase the stability of the ozone in the soil environment and the treated ozone applied to the contaminated soil in a manner adapted to decompose the organic compounds; one embodiment of the apparatus comprises a means to supply ozone as a gas-ozone mixture, a stability means to treat ozone obtained from the supply and distribution means to apply the stabilized gas-ozone to soil. The soil may be treated in situ or may be removed for treatment and refilled.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH)
• Patent Number(s): US 5205927
• OSTI ID: 868760
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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