Directional microporous diffuser and directional sparging
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1. A method comprises:
- emitting plural streams of a fluid into a soil formation with the streams having different radii of influences in different directions.
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Abstract
A method for treating contaminates includes emitting plural streams of a fluid into a soil formation with the streams having different radii of influences in different directions. A direction microporous diffuser includes a holder member having plural compartments and plural hollow, elongated members having porous sidewalls, the plural hollow, elongated members supported in the plural compartments of the holder member with each hollow, elongated member including a first cap with an inlet port at a first end of the elongated member and an end cap to seal a second end of the elongated member.
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1. A method comprises:
emitting plural streams of a fluid into a soil formation with the streams having different radii of influences in different directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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12. Apparatus comprises:
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an elongated holder member having plural compartments;
plural hollow, elongated members having porous sidewalls, the plural hollow, elongated members supported in the plural compartments of the holder member with each elongated member including;
an inlet port at a first end of the elongated member; and
a second end of the elongated member being sealed; and
plural elongated support pieces having a first surface that is connected to the holder member and a second surface that forms in part the plural compartments supporting the plural elongated members. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32)
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29. A microporous diffuser comprises:
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an elongated holder member having plural recesses, disposed along a length of the holder member, the plural recesses having partial, circular sidewalls;
plural, hollow cylindrical tubes having porous sidewalls, the plural, hollow cylindrical tubes supported in the plural recesses of the elongated holder member with each hollow, cylindrical tube including;
an inlet port at a first end of the cylindrical tubes with a second end of the cylindrical tube being sealed; and
plural support pieces connected to the elongated holder member, at a first surface, the plural support pieces having pairs of sidewalls along a length of the support pieces, which along with the plural recesses of the holder member, form plural compartments to hold the plural cylindrical tubes. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method comprises:
emitting plural streams of a first fluid and a second fluid into a soil formation with the streams having different radii of influences in different directions. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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