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Oil Skimmer Helps Jet Fuel
Recovery System Fly
 How
do you recover free-phase jet fuel (JP-5) from nearly seven acres of air station
groundwater under a tank farm? HSI GeoTrans, an environmental engineering
and consulting firm out of Reno, Nevada, working in cooperation with a federal agency and
private concerns, developed a cost-efficient and technically-effective remediation system
to do just that. Innovative solutions, including the PetroXtractorÒ - Well Oil Skimmer , made by Abanaki Corporation, Oil Skimmer
Division, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, made a difficult task surmountable.
Unpredictable site geology determined the use of a trench collection system that
allowed free-phase product to be removed. Difficult geology for trench installation
dictated an innovative one-pass trenching system which prevented collapse of the sidewalls
and inflow of sand as well as saving cost during construction. Ex-situ bioremediation was
used to treat the fuel-impacted soil and avoid costly hauling and disposal charges.
Additionally, the explosion proof Abanaki, electric belt skimmers were used to easily and
economically extract free-phase product from several recovery wells installed in each
trench without the need for expensive groundwater extraction and treatment or concern for
fluctuating water table levels.
The use of Abanaki belt skimmers, instead of conventional product pumps and skimmers,
saved the government additional equipment costs by avoiding the use of air compressors.
Using belt skimmers, HSI GeoTrans is also saving their client money by avoiding the
routine maintenance requirements of other product recovery equipment. Since all moving
parts on the belt skimmers are above ground to allow easy access, the government will
continue to save money by avoiding time-consuming removal of downhole equipment during
scheduled maintenance.
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