Impact of pipe length on horizontally placed injection wells : a case study on bioventing at Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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by  Florez, Nickolas Fidel.

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IMPACT OF PIPE LENGTH ON HORIZONTALLY PLACED INJECTION
WELLS: A CASE STUDY ON BIOVENTING AT NAVAL AIR ENGINEERING
STATION, LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY.
by
Nickolas Fidel Florez, B.S. Mining Engineering, University ofArizona,1987
Departmental Report
Presented to the Faculty ofthe Environmental and
Water Resources Engineering Program,
Civil Engineemg Department,
University ofTexas at Austin
in Partial Fulfillment
ofthe Requirements
for the Degree of
Master ofScience in Engineering
The University ofTexas at Austin
August 1995

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NAVALPOSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
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IMPACT OF PIPE LENGTH ON HORIZONTALLY PLACED INJECTION
WELLS: A CASE STUDY ON BIOVENTING AT NAVAL AIR ENGINEERING
STATION, LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V
INTRODUCTION
1.0 1
BIOVENTING FUNDAMENTALS
2.0 5
2.1 TechnologyDESCRIPTION - 5
2.2 Contaminantsmostsuitabletobioventingapplications 9
2.3 Importantsitecharacteristics 10
2.4 Performanceandcost 1
2.5 Majoradvantagesanddisadvantages 14
3.0 SITE INVESTIGATIONS AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES 16
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3.1 1990 benchscalebiologicaltreatabilitystudies - 1
3.2 Soilcharacterization 1
3.3 Flaskstudies 1
3.4 Traystudies - 17
3.5 Discussion- 1990 TestResults 18
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3.6 Soilgaspermeabilitytesting
3.7 in-siturespirationtests 22
3.8 Discussion - 1994 TestsResults —26
3.9 Conclusionsandrecommendationsforfuturefeasibilitystudies 32
4.0 SITE DESCRIPTION AND DESIGN LAYOUT 33
4.1 NAEC descriptionandhistory 33
4.2 Site 16 characteristics 36
4.3 DesignLayout 36
4.4 Bioventingsystemoperationandmonitoring 4
4.5 Discussion- sitecharacterizationandsamplingprotocol 46
4.5. Sitecharacterization 46
4.5. Samplingprotocol 47
4.6 Designcomments 48
4.7 Designandsamplingprotocolconclusionsandrecommendations 49
5.0 INITIAL SOIL AND SOIL GAS SAMPLING DATA 51
5 Soilsamplingdata --5
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5.2 Soilgasdata 52
5.3 Conclusionsandrecommendations 56
6.0 SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 58
6.1 FeasibilityStudies - - 58
6.2 SystemDesignandSamplingProtocol 59
6.3 SystemOperationandEffectiveness 60
APPENDIX A - IN-SITU RESPIRATION RESULTS 61
REFERENCES 67
VITA 69