bioremediation Articles
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Nanobite bioremediates a Contaminated harbour - Case study
When a hydrocarbon is spilled on water, it is very visible – floating on the surface, a blue green sheen clearly visible. When applied to an oil spill on water, Nanobite Liquid will not mix with the water and become diluted. Within a minute it attaches to the hydrocarbon, bonding with it and creating a matrix – an agglomerated gel- that remains on the surface and cannot sink, no ...
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CH#954 - Diesel/Gasoline Remediation
SITE OWNER: A Truck and Fueling Plaza SITE SURVEY: A tank area that had contained both diesel and gasoline tanks was discovered to have several leaks. The tanks from the pit area were removed. Definition and characterization revealed that not only the tank area was contaminated, but the contaminate plume had migrated under an area where a new building was being constructed. Initial ...
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Coupling vermiremediation with phytoremediation technology to enhance the efficiency of reclamation of polluted marine sediments
Contaminated (TPHs and heavy metals) dredged sediments from Livorno port (Italy) were biological treated using plants and earthworms. Sediments presented an asphyctic physical structure owing to the silt?clay granulometric composition, a high salty level and a low organic content. A meso-scale experiment was done utilising three different bioremediation treatments: a) plants (Paspalum vaginatum ...
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In Situ Bioremediation of TPH with Petrox
Petrox reduced the concentration of TPH in soil at a former gas station from 9,500 mg/kg to 52 mg/kg. The impacted soil was at more than 20 feet deep. Injection of calcium peroxide provided the oxygen needed for metabolism of the petroleum by Petrox microbes. The post treatment sampling was 90 days after the bioaugmentation, so that even though the average remediation rate was 105 mg/kg/day, the ...
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Hydrocarbon Bioremediation – Cleaning fuels & motor oil spills on water - Case Study
Background Nanobite Products proved how effective they are in hydrocarbon bioremediation on water with the almost total remediation in one week of fuel spills from abandoned cars. Read on… On March 30 2006, in Black Sod Bay in County Mayo, between 45 and 50 cars were transported from a neighbouring island destined for scrap. They were deposited at low tide on the shoreline to await ...
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Fast BTEX and methylnaphthalene bioremediation
Petrox Petrox and Methylnaphthalene Bioremediation Site Summary Petrox micorbes accelerated BTEX and methylnaphthalene bioremediation at a former fueling station in Florida. After a leaking tank underground storage tank (UST) was removed Petrox micorbes were applied to the groundwater. A temporary well showed high concentrations of BTEX, methylnaphthalene isomers, and total recoverable ...
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In-Situ Petroleum Bioremediation Rates With Petrox
Recent data from field applications of Petrox bioremediation show degradation rates of 100 to 500 micrograms per liter (ug/ml) per day. These degradation rates are for total petroleum hydrocarbons or total BTEX, depending on the site monitoring requirements. Achieving high degradation rates requires high initial concentrations. Initial concentrations of 1,000 to 10,000 ug/l were used to develop ...
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CH#952 - Oil Contaminated Soil
SITE OWNER: A National Overnight Express Package Company SITE SURVEY: Site and geological surveys revealed a contaminated area north of the facility and west of a diesel tank pit. The cause of the contamination was the result of two (2) underground storage tanks (UST™). One tank contained waste oil while the other contained new oil. Both tanks had been removed. A monitor well was ...
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Monitoring of petroleum hydrocarbon degradative potential of indigenous microorganisms in ozonated soil
This study was performed to investigate the petroleum hydrocarbon (PH) degradative potential of indigenous microorganisms in ozonated soil to better develop combined pre-ozonation/bioremediation technology. Diesel-contaminated soils were ozonated for 0–900min. PH and microbial concentrations in the soils decreased with increased ozonation time. The greatest reduction of total PH (TPH, 47.6%) and ...
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Fast Naphthalene Bioremediation Using Petrox
South Carolina Industrial Site Petrox microbes were injected in a petroleum ground water plume to remove contamination at an industrial site. With one application, the petroleum constituents were below detection limits in under six ...
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MICROBE-LIFT® Technology Helps Remediate TPH Contaminated Soils in Georgia and Tennessee - WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PCS Nitrogen, a business unit of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, is one of the largest producers of nitrogen worldwide. It produces nitrogen fertilizers and feed ingredients from three manufacturing facilities in the US and one in Trinidad. When they experienced heavy contamination of soils with hydrocarbon and TPH compounds at two of their facilities, they utilized Ecological ...
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Successful In Situ Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils in South Africa
Location: PepsiCo Frito-Lay Simba Isando, Gauteng, South Africa Use of the vehicle workshop area at the Frito-Lay Simba Isando plant was discontinued due to outsourcing of the distribution chain. An area in front of the wash bay bordered by the workshop and boundary walls had been heavily contaminated by hydrocarbon. This contamination was a mix of petroleum (PRO) and diesel (DRO) range organics ...
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Water repellency in oil contaminated sandy and clayey soils
Two sites from a humid tropical environment were studied with respect to soil water repellency caused by hydrocarbon contamination. Samples were analyzed for water repellency (molarity ethanol droplet method), total petroleum hydrocarbons, acute toxicity (Microtox) and field capacity. At both sites, water absorption times were logarithmically related to the molarity ethanol drop value (R > ...
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Waterloo Emitters used for Bioremediation Study in High Temperature Saline Groundwater
A study was undertaken to determine the success for aerobic bioremediation of aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) and MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) in high temperature, saline groundwater conditions. The study included laboratory microcosm experiments, as well as a field trial in Saudi Arabia, in which Solinst Waterloo Emitters were used. To view the full paper published about this study, please visit ...
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Bioremediation of Oily Bilge Using BilgeRemed on board M/V Swift Arrow
Ship board studies on effect of BilgeRemed on oily bilge water in sea going ships was carried out on a ship operating from Port Kitimat, BC in Canada. 5 gallons of BilgeRemed was added on a weekly basis to the oily bilge water holding tank after collecting a airlifting sample of oily bilge water for analysis to SARVA. The results show that the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) of the water was ...
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TerraStryke TPHenhanced Residual Source Mass Remediation Abandoned Oil-Gas Production Facility - Petroleum Hydrocarbons, BTEX Legacy Production Water Retention Pond, Colorado - Case Study
TerraStryke Remediation Products LLC (TerraStryke) develop and distribute biostimulation additives which cost-effectively enhance native microbials and are proven to expedite the natural attenuation and destruction of dissolved phase and residual source mass contaminants. Our additives represent a quantum leap forward in bioremediation practices. Procedures: The treatment area consists of an ...
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Biodegradation of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) in Jordanian petroleum sludge
Bioremediation, or the use of micro-organisms to decontaminate soil or groundwater, is being increasingly seen as an effective, environment-friendly treatment for oil-contaminated sites. In this study, the results are presented concerning a laboratory screening of several natural bacterial consortia and laboratory tests to establish the performance in degradation of hydrocarbons contained in oily ...
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Bioremediation Removes Environmental Stigma for Resort
Untitled Document Although environmental contamination is far from our minds when we think of Florida resort properties, leaking underground storage tanks can contaminate soil and groundwater, and prevent property financing and redevelopment. Microbial bioremediation has recently been used at two Florida resorts to restore the propertys environmental ...
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TerraStryke TPHENHANCED Residual Source Mass Remediation - Mineral Oil Bioremediation Demonstration, Midwest Utility Company - Case Study
TerraStryke Products LLC (TerraStryke) develop and distribute biostimulation additives proven to cost-effectively maximize the destruction of dissolved phase, sorbed and/or residual source mass contaminants by native microbial consortiums, harnessing 4-billion years of Mother Nature’s experience, allowing microbial communities to work collectively, effectively increasing performance by ...
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Bioremediation of petroleum contaminated Soils in Brazil Using AgroRemed
At Atuba at the corporate site of COPEL, a state owned utility company, soil was heavily contaminated with transformer oil due to a long history of contamination since 1964 probably due to unsafe practices of storage and cleanup. The level of contamination measures as TPH in soil was as high as 766,695 ppm and much of the contamination was at a depth of 1 meter. The site is located on a hill and ...
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