Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Fall 1-31-1999
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
First Advisor
Deran Hanesian
Second Advisor
Angelo J. Perna
Third Advisor
John R. Schuring
Abstract
Remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous wastes could be an expensive endeavor. There is, therefore, the need to explore techniques, which can reduce the remediation time and achieve regulatory specifications, thus reducing the cost involved in a site remediation exercise.
In this work, we investigated the use of sonic energy to enhance the in situ removal rate of trichloroethylene and dichloroethylene from a site in Hillsborough Township. New Jersey. The experiments were performed with and without sonic energy and each time the concentration of the trichloroethylene swept out from the site and the flowrate of the effluent gas were measured. The results obtained indicate that when sonic energy is used as an enhancement technique the removal rate of trichloroethylene increases by an average value of about 37.9 % and the concentration of trichloroethylene in the effluent stream increases by an average value of about 20.8 %. These results mean that sonic energy, when used as an enhancement technique, will reduce the remediation time and can help achieve regulatory specifications in a site clean-up exercise after coventional Vapor Extraction methods have reached assymptotic values.
It is recommended that further work be done to find the attenuation coefficients of the sonic field and also to determine the decay rate of the sonic intensity at this site.
Recommended Citation
Kaleem, Hassan, "A field study coupling soil fractionation and sonic energy for enhancing the in situ removal of volatile organic compounds in the vadose zone" (1999). Theses. 854.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/854
