Experimental Study of Treating Volatile Organic Compounds

ASME Conf. Proc. / Year 2007 / Volume 2: 27th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B / 27th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference / Energy Systems

Experimental Study of Treating Volatile Organic Compounds

Paper no. DETC2007-34579 pp. 637-642 doi:10.1115/DETC2007-34579
ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2007) September 47, 2007 , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Sponsor: Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division Volume 2: 27th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B ISBN: 0-7918-4803-5 Author(s): Ryo S. Amano University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Jose Martinez Lucci University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Krishna S. Guntur University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI M. Mahmun Hossain University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI M. Monzur Morshed University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Matthew E. Dudley University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Franklin Laib University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Heated Soil Vapor Extraction (HSVE) is a technology that has been used successfully to clean up subsurface soils at sites containing chlorinated solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons. The costs have been extremely high due to the large amount of energy required to volatilize high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds present in the soil matrix. One remediation contractor states that hydrocarbons are oxidized in situ by achieving temperatures in the >1000 F range near the heaters [1]. A critical question is whether the volatile portion of manufactured gas plant (MGP) hydrocarbons (VOCs) can be stripped out at lower temperatures such that the remaining contaminants will be unavailable for transport or subsequent dissolution into the groundwater. Soil remediation by heated soil vapor extraction system is a relatively new technology developed by Jay Jatkar Inc. (JJI) along with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee [2]. The areas around chemical companies or waste disposal sites have been seriously contaminated from the chemicals and other polluting materials that are disposed off. The process developed by JJI, consists of a heater/boiler that pump and circulates hot oil through a pipeline that is enclosed in a larger-diameter pipe. This extraction pipe is vertically installed within the contaminated soil up to a certain depth and is welded at the bottom and capped at the top. The number of heat source pipes and the extraction wells depends on the type of soil, the type of pollutants, moisture content of the soil and the size of the area to be cleaned. The heat source heats the soil, which is transported in the interior part of the soil by means of conduction and convection. This heating of soil results in vaporization of the gases, which are then driven out of the soil by the extraction well. The extraction well consists of the blower which would suck the vaporized gases out of the system. Our previous studies had removed higher boiling compounds, such as naphthalene, etc., to a non-detectable level. Thus, the current technology is very promising for removing most of the chemical compounds; and can also remove these boiling compounds from the saturated zone. Gas chromatography (GC) is utilized in monitoring the relative concentration changes over the extraction period. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) assists in the identification and separation of extracted components. The experimental research is currently being conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The objectives of this study are to identify contaminants and time required to remove them through HSVE treatment and provide data for computation fluid dynamics CFD analysis. 2007 ASME doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/DETC2007-34579

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