1st Edition

Petroleum Bioventing

By J. van Eyk Copyright 1997
324 Pages
by CRC Press

324 Pages
by Routledge

Petroleum bioventing is a new technique for the biological in situ removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from soil. This book investigates the composition and the behaviour of petroleum in soil, soil properties and soil processes, their interaction with bacterial processes, possibilities for optimizing the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from soil by bacteria and it explains the phenomenon of... Read more

PART 1: BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2 SOIL, THE NATURAL HABITAT OF MICROBES 3 BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL SOIL PROCESSES, 4 PETROLEUM, 5 BACTERIAL GROWTH ON HYDROCARBONS, 6 PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION, 7 MICROBIAL MINERALIZATION KINETICS, STIMULATED PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION, PART 2: MODELLING, FIELD EXPERIENCE AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES, 9 GAS TRANSPORT, 10 VENTING TECHNIQUES, 11 SITE CHARACTERIZATION, 12 MODELLING BIOVENTING, 13 SYSTEM DESIGN, 14 PROGRESS EVALUATION OF PETROLEUM REMOVAL FROM SOIL AND SHUT DOWN INDICATORS, 15 CASE STUDIES: THE BREDA PROJECT, 16 COMPLYING WITH THE LAW ON SOIL PROTECTION

Biography

J.VANEYK Van Eyk Environmental Consultants, Naarden, Netherlands