Air Stripping
Air stripping uses air to go through the groundwater, to clean the hydrocarbon pollutant which is found in Alberta. This method is reliable and not expensive, various sizes of equipment make it can fit into any places.
The Air Stripping process
Air stripper types
Low Profile Tray Stacks
Packed Towers
Related Costs
Related Costs
(Cost data come from Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable, USA)
Our Choices...
For the large volume wastewater, packed powers will be more cost-efficient than low profile tray stacks. Since our professions would like to cover the whole province of Alberta, packed towers which are used for large sites and can deal with difficult conditions should be the best helpers of our works.
Cost Estimation
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Ex Situ Air Stripping Marked-up Costs: $301,156
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O&M (Operation and Maintenance): $388,942
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Remedial Design (10% or 10K): $30,116
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Total cost above: $720,214
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Cost/gallon: $0.0005
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Cost/10000 gallon: $5
Space
One completed packed tower system will have 2 towers, each tower will be 6 ft for the diameter and 20 ft for the height.
Advantage
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Can clean up VOC pollutants up to 99%
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Does not need a complex operation
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Able to combine with other treatments
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Flexible equipment size, able to be set in many places
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Not expensive