Hydraulic and earth engineering – Soil remediation – In situ contaminant removal or stabilization
Patent
1990-10-17
1991-11-19
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Soil remediation
In situ contaminant removal or stabilization
62260, 405129, 405131, B09B 100
Patent
active
050661663
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for removing fluid contaminants from a solid material is described. In a preferred embodiment, a cylindrical container having opening in its surface through which contaminants in a gaseous state may enter is filled with a cryo-adsorbing substance, for example, charcoal, and placed into a correspondingly-sized hole formed in the solid material from which the contaminants are to be removed. A cryogenic fluid, for example liquid nitrogen, is introduced into the container, preferably into a tube therein, thereby cooling the cryo-adsorbing substance so that molecules of contaminants are cryo-adsorbed from the solid material. After the adsorption of contaminants, the container is removed from the solid material and the cryo-adsorbing substance is regenerated, or regeneration is effected in situ. This invention has utility in the field of removing contaiminants, such as for example gasoline or other hazardous or toxic materials, from the ground.
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R. G. Hansen & Associates
Taylor Dennis L.
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