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FEMOVAL OF GASOLINE FROM WATE SUPPLIES

Award Information
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 3496
Amount: $49,881.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Rfd 2, Box 2400 \
Thorndike, ME 04986
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 SYLVIA B. LOWRY
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Business Contact
 Ms. Sylvia B. Lowry
Title: President
Phone: (201) 948-3790
Research Institution
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Abstract

THE FEASIBILITY OF AMULTI-STAGED DIFFUSED AERATION TREATMENTSYSTEM FOR GASOLINE REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED HOUSEHOLD GROUND WATER SUPPLIES WILL BE STUDIED. EXPERIMENTS IN THE LABORATORY AND FIELD WILL IDENTIFY THE CONTROLLING GASOLINE COMPONENT COMPOUNDS FOR THE SYSTEM. THESE ADDITIVES ARE LIKELY TO INCLUDE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) AND OTHER HIGHLY SOLUBLE AND POORLY ADSORBED COMPOUNDS. EXPERIMENTAL DATA WILL BE USED TO MODEL THE SYSTEM TO DETERMINED THE NUMBER OF STAGES AND AIR FLOW FOR A WIDE RANGE OF LOADING AND PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS. THE SYSTEMS, IF FEASIBLE, WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO EXPENSIVE ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT AND FILL AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE NEED FOR A TREATMENT PROCESS THAT CAN REMOVE THE POORLY ADSORBED ADDITVES.

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