Apparatus and method for confining and decontaminating soil
US4849360A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB09C1/10
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention is an apparatus for aerobically biodegrading an organic compound such as a petroleum product which is contaminating a particulate solid such as soil and a process for employing the apparatus. A preferred embodiment comprises a pit lined with an impermeable liner in which gas distributing means and contaminated soils are distributed as alternate layers and air is urged into the gas distributing means.
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