TCE Remediation Using Electrical Resistance Heating in a 90-Foot-Thick Rock Sequence

Kluger, Mark

TCE Remediation Using Electrical Resistance Heating in a 90-Foot-Thick Rock Sequence

Monday, September 23, 2013: 1:10 p.m.

Mark Kluger , Dajak, LLC, Wilmington, DE

Remediation practitioners have known for years that electrical resistance heating works exceptionally well in tight soil matrices. Sedimentary rock treatment has become rather common in the last five years; however, until now, no one has applied ERH in a substantially thick layer of rock. A consultant in the northeastern United States, working closely with TRS Group, a company that provides ERH services, decided that a 90-foot thick sedimentary rock sequence at a site in eastern Pennsylvania would be an ideal setting for the technology and recommended ERH in the Remedial Action Plan submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. PADEP agreed and approved ERH as the remedy. This marks the first time that anyone has applied the technology in such a thick rock unit.

The presentation will discuss ERH theory, the application in rock, results and lessons learned.

Mark Kluger, Dajak, LLC, Wilmington, DE

Mark Kluger received a B.A. in Natural Sciences with a focus in chemistry, physics and material sciences from Johns Hopkins University. Mark has extensive experience working with clients to identify applicable remedial solutions and markets innovative remedial systems, field analytical and data acquisition, sampling and measurement instrumentation.