Wells – Processes – Separating material entering well
Patent
1987-03-04
1988-03-15
Novosad, Stephen J.
Wells
Processes
Separating material entering well
166267, 166369, 210901, E21B 4340
Patent
active
047306726
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus of collecting volatile contaminants from the vadose layer of earth. The apparatus is a closed-loop device which includes one or more contaminant withdrawal wells surrounded by multiple air reinjection wells connected by a conduit. One or more pumps serve to draw volatilized contaminant through the withdrawal well to the connecting conduit where it is captured or neutralized. Residual air from the withdrawal well is urged back into the ground through the air reinjection wells to encourage further contaminant to move toward the withdrawal well for collection.
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Dodd Thomas J.
Kisliuk Bruce M.
Midwest Water Resource, Inc.
Novosad Stephen J.
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