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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Arcadis Corporate Services, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Julio A. Zimbron, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas C. Sale, Bellvue, CO (US);
Matthew J. Biondolillo, Pennellville, NY (US);
Philip H. Batten, Manlius, NY (US);
Marc Chalfant, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark Lyverse, Lafayette, CA (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Arcadis Corporate Services, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling petroleum hydrocarbon (NAPL) sheen releases resulting from seeps, ebullition and erosion, on water surfaces, is described. An oleophilic bio-Barrier (OBBs), which may include a composite of hydrocarbon sorptive materials through which water is readily conducted, is placed at a groundwater/surface water interface (GSI) for promoting natural aerobic degradation of the intercepted/adsorbed NAPL through natural cycling of aerobic surface water and/or atmospheric oxygen. OBBs may be protected by structural covers (i.e., sand and rock gabions, as examples).