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Main Title Surfactant Enhanced Remediation of Soil Columns Contaminated by Residual Tetrachloroethylene.
Author Pennell, K. D. ; Jin, M. ; Abriola, L. M. ; Pope, G. A. ;
CORP Author Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. ;Texas Univ. at Austin. Dept. of Petroleum Engineering.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher c1994
Year Published 1994
Report Number EPA-R-818647; EPA/600/J-94/487;
Stock Number PB95-136909
Additional Subjects Soil chemistry ; Surfactants ; Tetrachloroethylene ; Remedial action ; Reprints ; Sandy soil ; Transport properties ; Chlorohydrocarbons ; Isotope applications ; Flushing ; Concentration(Composition) ; Flow distribution ; Velocity ; Solubility ; Soil columns ; Subsurface remediation ; Solubilization
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NTIS  PB95-136909 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The ability of aqueous surfactant solutions to recover tetrachloroethylene (PCE) entrapped in Ottawa sand was evaluated in four column experiments. Residual PCE was emplaced by injecting (14)C-labeled PCE into water-saturated soil columns and displacing the free product with water. Miscible displacement experiments were conducted before and after PCE entrapment to determine the influence or residual PCE on column dispersivities. The first two column studies involved the injection of a 4% solution of polyoxyethylene (POE) (20) sorbitan monooleate, resulting in the removal of 90% and 97% of the residual PCE from 20-30- and 40-120-mesh Ottawa sand, respectively. Although micellar solubilization of PCE was the primary mode of recovery in these experiments, this process was shown to be rate-limited.