Microcosm tests - Feasibility studies soil remediation
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Avecom is pleased to offer you our expertise in selecting, implementing and follow up of the most suitable soil remediation technique via lab scale screening of different remediation techniques. In case of biological remediation, we suggest the performance of Microcosm tests. These are a useful tool since different conditions (natural attenuation, biostimulation and bioaugmentation) can be tested simultaneously, and as such, the best solution can be selected. Avecom also offers the screening of the potential of chemical oxidantia (ISCO) and chemical reductantia (ISCR). Avecom has more than 25 years of experience in selecting the right biological degradation strategy for different soil pollutants from industry and agriculture. Contaminants suitable for biodegradation include Mineral oil, BTEX, Styrene, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) like naphthalene and biphenyl, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), Cyanide,...
Lab scale testing
Lab scale testing and independent consultancy services
- Biological treatment: natural attenuation, biostimulation and bioaugmentation with specific inocula such as eg Multidechlorobac
- In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO): KMnO4, H2O2, persulphate, …
- In Situ Chemical Reduction (ISCR): Zerovalent iron, …
- Ex Situ Techniques
- Monitoring of pollutant degrading micro organisms by molecular techniques: qPCR, QuantArray, NGS (Next Generation Sequencing)
- Support and optimisation of pilot scale and full scale remediation
- Innovative techniques
Advantages of our lab scale tests
- Identification of the degradation patterns of pollutants in a relatively short time period using different remediation techniques
- Selection of the most appropriate remediation strategy
- Optimisation of the most important process parameters
- Considerable overall decrease of costs and increase of certainty of final outcome