Aerobic environments, biodegradable

The application system, called the biodrain, is installed within the treatment area. The biodrain aerates the soil column and any standing water. This cerates an aerobic environment in the pore spaces of the soil. Other gas mixtures can also be introduced to the soil column, such as the air/ methane mixtures used in the biodegradation of chlorinated organics. The treatment platforms can be placed in very dense configurations. International Environmental Technology claims that the cost of installation is low. 

Struijs, J. and R. Van den Berg. 1995. Standardized biodegradability tests Extrapolation to aerobic environments. Water Res. 29 255-262. 

Biodegradation significant degradation in an aerobic environment with rate constant k = 0.05 d 1 (Tabak et al. 1981 Mills etal. 1982) ... 

Elanagan W. P. and May R. J. (1993) Metabolite detection as evidence for naturally occurring aerobic PCB biodegradation in Hudson River sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27, 2207-2212. 

Abramowicz DA. 1994. Aerobic PCB biodegradation and anaerobic PCB dechlorination in the environment. Res Microbiol 145(l) 42-6. 

The fate analysis of the biodegradation of water soluble polymers has long been a concern of the detergent industry [64], The biodegradation of such compounds in an aerobic environment is assessed by a carbon balance of the process using the following equation [65] ... 

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