Petro-Clear
- Oil Spill Treatments
Bioremediation of Soil -
for gasoline, oil, diesel, hydraulic fluid and pesticide spills
Converts harmful petroleum products into carbon dioxide and
water.
Petro-Clear
Products are live, synergistic blend of bacteria specifically chosen for
their accelerated ability to metabolize heavy, tarry types of hydrocarbons,
effective microbial remediation for gasoline, oil, fuels, diesel, hydraulic
fluid and all varieties of aromatic compounds, pesticide spills and organic
solvents.
- Remediates hydrocarbon spills
with highly concentrated natural microbes.
- Natural microbes digest
hydrocarbon based compounds safely and effectively.
- Effective for treating oil,
gasoline or hydraulic spills even on paved concrete and asphalt areas
- Can help you avoid costly clean
up procedures, resodding or excavations
- Reduces potentially hazardous
hydrocarbon contamination in storm water
- For remediation within secondary
containment areas
- Reduces contaminants in
wastewater treatment
- Use regularly as part of a
comprehensive environmental program
How Petro-Clear Works
Bacterial digestion
is the process of bacteria-consuming organic matter. The bacteria feed on the
contamination, deriving nutrition for growth and reproduction. Undergoing
complex chemical reactions, the waste is metabolized into the final metabolic
waste products, water and carbon dioxide. This provides the bacteria with the
energy they need to live. The result of this natural process is that wastes are
used up completely or converted into an innocuous product such as water and
carbon dioxide. Once the food source has been depleted, the remaining microbes
then self-remediate. The results is clean water without traces of hydrocarbon.
Toxins and pathogens are removed.
In our opinion,
bioremediation is best accomplished with Bio-augmentation, the addition
of large numbers of selected microorganisms grown in the production
laboratory.
The bioremediation
process is to provide an inoculum that will insure rapid bacterial
growth. As the project progresses the population of petrophillic organisms will
show up to a one thousand fold increase as they digest the contaminants. In
addition to bioaugmentation, several physical and chemical parameters must be
controlled in order to obtain optimal growth and maximum degradation of soil
contaminants
- Microbial population
- Nutrient
concentration
- Oxygen supply
- Temperature and moisture
content
- pH
Specification for
Petro-Clear:
Petro-Clear
Industrial Concentrate is a concentrated broad spectrum hydrocarbon
degrader for soil remediation applications of coal tar, crude oil and mixtures
of light and heavy oil fractions. This formula, which also successfully
degrades alcohols, ketones, and phthalates, . Rapidly degrades all major
components of gasoline, diesel, #4, #5, & #6 fuel oils
This unique
formulations contains high concentrations of natural "oil eating" petrophillic,
microbes, which are formulated to bioremediate petroleum products and pesticide
spills quickly and effectively.
Suggested Applications
- Turf - soil
- grass
- Land
farming
- In-situ
- Underground Storage tanks (UST)
- Direct
Injection
- Industrial
clean-ups
- Excavated Soil: Typically the soil is placed in a lined
containment cell in lifts of 8 to 12 inches deep.
In-situ bioremediation of
groundwater can be combined with other saturated zone remedial technologies
(e.g., air sparging) and vadose zone remedial operations (e.g., soil vapor
extraction, bioventing).
Remediation on Soil
and Turf (all varieties): Apply Petro-Clear and a nutrient
activator
Product should be
applied as soon as possible after the oil spill or leak has occurred. Most
effective when soil temperatures range from 5 to 45º C. Bioremediation in
soil will work so long as the ground is not frozen although the process greatly
accelerates once the soil has reached a temperature above 50°F. For optimum
performance, these temperature considerations must be addressed and nutrient
and oxygen levels must be maintained at proper levels. Effective over a wide pH
range (6.0 to 8.5; optimum 7.5 )
Successful bioremediation of
petroleum based products depends on a proper combination of nutrients, oxygen,
and microbes. Often the limiting factor of aerobic degradation of contaminants
is the availability oxygen . Microbial activity is most frequently limited by
insufficient oxygen due to slow rates of diffusion into the interior of the
soil layers or piles and into the center of soil aggregates. Generally, the
greater the mass of oxygen that can be distributed the more rapid and complete
the cleanup.
While facultative anaerobes may
function in the presence or absence of oxygen, aerobic activity is the
preferred method for many contaminants. When bacteria have available oxygen,
and hence function aerobically, they produce roughly eighteen times as much
energy as anaerobic activity yields. This results in faster, more aggressive
remediation.
An Oxygen Release Component can be
mixed directly in soil to supply oxygen for remediation in applications. This
is particularly useful when soil conditions and/or physical location
contraindicate mechanical aeration strategies.
Case Study and Project
costs for hydrocarbons
