Abstract
ABSTRACT
Bioremediation of oil contaminated soils is a cost-effective and widely used technology, but the time required is a major disadvantage. This time can be reduced by substituting pulverization for the traditional plowing. In laboratory experiments, soil respiration rates increased 3.44 times after the soil was pulverized. Field tests showed about 25% reduction in treatment time when a pulverizer was used to aerate and grind the soils instead of disc plowing.
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