Effectiveness of Aggressive Fluid Vapor Recovery (AFVR) in Various Soils for the Remediation of Terrestrial Gasoline Contamination
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Environmental Science
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
This experiment aimed to determine the conditions of gasoline offgas from simulated Aggressive Fluid Vapor Recovery in a selection of South Carolina soils in order to evaluate the effectiveness of AFVR in real-world remediation tasks involving the spillage of gasoline and related fuels into the environment, especially from Underground Storage Tanks (USTs). It was hypothesized that clay-containing and alluvial soils would not decrease in gasoline contamination as quickly as other soils, especially sandy soils. The increased thickness of the clay-containing soils and the dense nature of alluvial soils formed the basis for this prediction. Results showed that sandy soils remediated the fastest, along with the clay-containing soils. Time predictions were performed with regression analysis.
Recommended Citation
Shissias, Hunter, "Effectiveness of Aggressive Fluid Vapor Recovery (AFVR) in Various Soils for the Remediation of Terrestrial Gasoline Contamination" (2023). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 87.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2023/all/87
Location
BS 355
Start Date
3-25-2023 11:30 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
Effectiveness of Aggressive Fluid Vapor Recovery (AFVR) in Various Soils for the Remediation of Terrestrial Gasoline Contamination
BS 355
This experiment aimed to determine the conditions of gasoline offgas from simulated Aggressive Fluid Vapor Recovery in a selection of South Carolina soils in order to evaluate the effectiveness of AFVR in real-world remediation tasks involving the spillage of gasoline and related fuels into the environment, especially from Underground Storage Tanks (USTs). It was hypothesized that clay-containing and alluvial soils would not decrease in gasoline contamination as quickly as other soils, especially sandy soils. The increased thickness of the clay-containing soils and the dense nature of alluvial soils formed the basis for this prediction. Results showed that sandy soils remediated the fastest, along with the clay-containing soils. Time predictions were performed with regression analysis.
