SEDL / STP / STP1235-EB / STP13032S

Investigation of Soil Venting-Based Remediation at a UST Site in the Appalachian Piedmont

Widdowson, MA
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Ray, RP
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Reeves, HW
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Aelion, CM
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Holbrooks, KD
Research Associate, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Pages: 14    Published: Jan 1995

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Abstract

The feasibility and effectiveness of soil vapor extraction (SVE) -based remediation technologies is being addressed at a petroleum-contaminated site in the Piedmont region of South Carolina through a multi-disciplinary research program. The program objective is to gain better understand of mechanisms governing remediation of contaminated soil by SVE-based techniques. Baseline data collection of physical, chemical, and microbial properties is augmented by mathematical modeling of the processes. A pilot-scale remediation system has been designed to allow evaluation of SVE-based systems within Piedmont materials. System off-gas and soil vapor will be monitored to delineate which physical and microbial treatment processes contribute to in situ voc removal.