Soils SVOC extraction from

Soil vapor extraction (SVE) (also called vacuum extraction, soil venting, or in situ vaporization) is used to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and some semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) from contaminated soil. SVE systems apply a vacuum in an extraction well to remove soil vapors. This creates a negative pressure that causes the volatilization of some chemicals in the vadose zone of the soil. The technology has also been used to extract non-aqueous-phase liquid (NAPE). Contaminant volatilization is often enhanced through the use of air injection wells to supply unsaturated air into the vadose zone of the soil. 

In situ thermal extraction is a process for the removal of volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) from contaminated soils and groundwater. The process primarily treats chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethylene (TCE), tetraehloroethylene (PCE), and dichlorobenzene hydrocarbons such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel and mixtures of these compounds. 

Steam injection and vacuum extraction (SIVE) is a patented, commercially available in situ technology. SIVE has been used to remove non-aqueous-phase liquids (NAPLs), diesel fuel, jet fuel, semivolatile and volatile organic compounds (SVOCs and VOCs), chlorinated solvents, acetone, and benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes (BTEX) from soil and ground-water. 

The presence of organic compounds in soil and the difficulties of extraction are extensively discussed in the chapter on SVOCs. The primary sources of VOCs in soil are from petroleum products and the industrial use of solvents... 

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