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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David William Savage, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Win-Sow Winston Ho, Annandale, NJ (US);
Peter Calcavecchio, Milford, NJ (US);
Evelyn Nobles Drake, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/02 ; C12M 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/02 ; C12M 1/04 ;
Abstract
The invention is a system and a method for bioremediating hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater. The method comprises contacting the hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater with a source of microbial nutrients and then aerating the nutriated water with air or oxygen, the aeration being conducted under substantially bubble-free conditions.