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Bioventing:

“Bioventing is a type of in situ bioremediation


technique that is performed by injecting air into the
unsaturated zone of the soil to stimulate the activity
of microorganisms and promote contaminant
biodegradation processes. It enhances the intrinsic
capability of native microflora to degrade the organic
contaminants adsorbed to soil by introducing oxygen
into an unsaturated zone.”
•Bioventing uses low airflow rates to provide
sufficient oxygen to sustain microbial activity.

•Oxygen is supplied through direct air


injection into residual contamination thus
supplying the necessary amount of oxygen for
biodegradation.

•In this way, it minimizes the release of


volatile contaminants into the atmosphere.

Applicability

Bioventing has been


successfully used to remediate soils
contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons,
non-chlorinated solvents,
pesticides, wood preservatives, and
Process:

 In the ‘in-situ’ process, air is injected into


contaminated soil at an optimal rate,
increasing soil O2 concentration and thereby
stimulating the growth of aerobic bacteria.
 Low injection rates keep volatilization to a
minimum. Bioventing is quite effective on
organic contaminants, although use of air
extraction may be required to capture volatile
organic chemicals (VOCs).
 Bioventing tends to be most effective in the
unsaturated zone. (the portion of the
subsurface above the groundwater table. The
 Bioventing was one of the first
technologies to be applied in large
scale in the 1990s, and is now widely
used in commercial applications.
 The installation of injection wells
allows for the performance of an in
situ respiration test in which the
oxygen consumption in the soil gas is
determined after aerating the soil and
then closing the air pumping.
Schematic Diagram
of Bioventing
Practical Application in the
World:
 Active bioventing was successfully applied at two
petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated sites in
Austria containing mainly nonaromatic
hydrocarbons. The bioventing process was
followed by respiration tests over time, which
showed decreasing rates of respiration.
 A large-scale bioventing remediation was performed
at a site in California, where both the unsaturated
and saturated zones were contaminated with diesel
and gasoline.
Types Of Bioventing
Active Bioventing  Passive

Bioventing generally Bioventing


is performed using At some sites, it may be
blowers, a process possible to perform
referred to as bioventing by relying on
active bioventing barometric changes or
tidal fluctuations as
opposed to using
blowers; this process is
commonly referred to as
passive bioventing.
Types Of Bioventing
Cometabolic Anaerobic
Bioventing Bioventing
Cometabolic Anaerobic
bioventing involves bioventing is an
the injection of a emerging
cometabolite such technology used to
as methane or treat chlorinated
propane that is compounds, some
metabolized by polychlorinated
bacteria biphenyls (PCBs),
and pesticides.
Implementation of the technology
Bioventing may include:
 mobilization, site access, site preparation and
setting up temporary facilities;
 installation of wells, collection trenches and/or
permeable drains;
 the installation of air injection and extraction
networks;
 the implementation of a monitoring network
for the migration of vapour effluents;
 installation, if required, of off-gas or vapour
treatment units.
Limitations
 The factors that may limit the efficacy
of bioventing are:
(1) low permeability of soils

(2) build-up of vapors in


basements within radius of influence of air injection
wells (3) extremely
low moisture content

(4) monitoring of off-gases at soil surface

(5) low temperature that in


certain instances may slow remediation process.
Complementary technologies that
improve treatment effectiveness
Biostimulation (such as the addition of
nutrients or carbon).
Bioaugmentation (addition of
microorganisms).
Adding warmth to increase the
temperature of the soil (20 °C to 35 °C)
to stimulate the growth of bacteria.
Soil fracturing to increase air circulation.

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