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Main Title Removal of Volatile Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in a Soil Bioreactor.
Author Kampbell, D. H. ; Wilson, J. T. ; Read, H. W. ; Stocksdale, T. T. ;
CORP Author Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. ;Johnson (S.C.) and Son, Inc., Racine, WI.
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA/600/J-87/261;
Stock Number PB88-180393
Additional Subjects Soils ; Air pollution control ; Biodeterioration ; Hydrocarbons ; Vapors ; Emissions ; Organic compounds ; Prototypes ; Propane ; Reprints ; Bioreactors ; Air quality
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NTIS  PB88-180393 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Soil removal of propane, isobutane and n-butane from a waste air stream was evaluated in the laboratory and in a prototype soil bioreactor. Laboratory investigations indicated first-order kinetics and the potential to degrade light aliphatic hydrocarbons and trichlorethylene, a compound ordinarily resistant to aerobic biological treatment. The predicted behavior of the bioreactor, based on laboratory studies, agreed closely with the actual behavior of the field system. The prototype bioreactor reduced the hydrocarbon concentrations in the air by at least 90 percent with a residence time of 15 minutes and a pressure drop of 85 cm of water. The bioreactor functioned well through a range of temperatures, 12C to 24C. (Copyright (c) 1987 APCA.)