Wells – Processes – Separating material entering well
Patent
1988-08-25
1989-05-23
Novosad, Stephen J.
Wells
Processes
Separating material entering well
166 50, 166 52, 166272, E21B 3600, E21B 4300, E21B 4340
Patent
active
048321222
ABSTRACT:
A system for removing volatile contaminants from a subsurface plume of contamination comprising two sets of wells, a well for injecting a fluid into a saturated zone on one side of the plume and an extracting well for collecting the fluid together with volatilized contaminants from the plume on the other side of the plume. The fluid enables the volatile contaminants to be volatilized and carried therewith through the ground to the extracting well. Injecting and extracting wells are preferably horizontal wells positioned below the plume in the saturated zone and above the plume in the vadose zone, respectively. The fluid may be air or other gas or a gas and liquid mixture depending on the type of contaminant to be removed and may be preheated to facilitate volatilization. Treatment of the volatilized contamination may be by filtration, incineration, atmospheric dispersion or the like.
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Corey John C.
Kaback Dawn S.
Looney Brian B.
Moser William R.
Novosad Stephen J.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Westerdahl Allen F.
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