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Cutoff wall system to isolate contaminated soil

US5388931A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1993
Grant dateFeb 14, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 18, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/61
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Methods and structural configurations of modular barrier systems and cutoff walls used to isolate contaminated soils from the environment in situ. The cutoff walls comprise plastic sheets, preferably of high density polyethylene, inserted in or adjacent to dense soil (such as bentonite modified) walls, and they are connected to each other with tubular connectors having flaps to which the plastic sheets are connected, preferably by welding.

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