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Apparatus for treatment of soils contaminated with organic pollutants

  • US 5,205,927 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1990
  • Issued: 04/27/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for treating soil contaminated with organic compounds comprising:

  • a. an ozone generator adapted to receive an oxygen containing gas from a gas supply means, that generates ozone from oxygen in the gas to produce a gas-ozone mixture;

    b. ozone stabilizing means, containing an acid, connected to the ozone generator by a first pipe for receiving the gas-ozone mixture from the ozone generator, that stabilizes the gas-ozone mixture by contacting the mixture with the acid to produce a stabilized gas-ozone mixture, wherein the acid has a pH of about (1) or less; and

    c. gas-ozone mixture distribution means, connected to the ozone stabilizing means by a second pipe for receiving the stabilized gas-ozone mixture, that distributes the mixture to the soil as a gas.

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