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PATENT ASSIGNEE'S COUNTRY USA
UPDATE 07.00
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PATENT CLAIMS Process of decontaminating soil contaminated with PCB
- Prepg an inoculant by making mixt comprising minor
amount of the contaminant that is contaminating the soil
along with soil contg anaerobic & aerobic microbes & a
highly nutritious heterotrophic medium & storing said mixt
at 20-30C for sufficient time for acclimation of said microbes
to occur & produce viable anaerobic & aerobic microbes
that are unobjectionable in said soil in the concn present
- Admixing said soil with organic nutrients for composting
said inoculant to form solid compost mixt comprising 1-20%
inoculant
- Composting said mixt while maintaining T 20-65C & water
content 40-100% WHC
- During said composting maintaining redox potential level
< -200 mV until contaminant is partially degraded
- Thereafter oxygenating mixt to raise redox potential level
> +100 mV until contaminant is further degraded
PATENT PHOTOCOPY Available on request

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