40 YEARS AND 3-PLUS MILLION GALLONS LATER A CASE STUDY ON THE HARTFORD, ILLINOIS AREA GROUNDWATER PLUME SITE

ABSTRACT An estimated 3.4 million gallons of leaded gasoline, diesel fuel and other refined and unrefined products from buried pipeline systems and several refineries have affected a residential area of 200 plus homes and businesses. U.S. EPA tasked a consortium of energy companies to develop a rapid response program to quickly eliminate intermittent vapor intrusion problems and to ultimately remove the petroleum products plume. The project involved coordinating efforts between several energy companies, the U.S. EPA, the Illinois EPA, the Illinois Department of Public Health and ATSDR. Some of the innovative technologies utilized include the laser fluorescence Rapid Optical Screening Tool (ROST™), soil vapor extraction (SVE), oil skimming and bio slurping. Managing data decision uncertainties, through the compilation of historical data into a site conceptual model was used to develop a dynamic site cleanup strategy and managing rapidly evolving field data by GIS digital mapping and data collection systems.

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REMEDIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE PRODUCED ON A SITE BY CONTAMINATION WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. CASE STUDY

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal ◽

10.30638/eemj.2013.050 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 401-407

Author(s):

Aurica Grec ◽

Cristian Haiduc

Keyword(s):

Petroleum Products ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

A Site

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Remediation of a Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Site by Soil Vapor Extraction: A Full-Scale Case Study

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app10124261 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 4261

Author(s):

Claudia Labianca ◽

Sabino De Gisi ◽

Francesco Picardi ◽

Francesco Todaro ◽

Michele Notarnicola

Keyword(s):

Petroleum Hydrocarbon ◽

Petroleum Products ◽

Full Scale ◽

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons ◽

Soil Vapor Extraction ◽

Contaminated Site ◽

Vapor Extraction ◽

Polycyclic Aromatic

Spills, leaks, and other environmental aspects associated with petroleum products cause hazards to human health and ecosystems. Chemicals involved are total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), solvents, pesticides, and other heavy metals. Soil vapor extraction (SVE) is one of the main in-situ technologies currently employed for the remediation of groundwater and vadose zone contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The performance of an SVE remediation system was examined for a petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated site with attention to remediation targets and final performance. The study assessed: (1) the efficiency of a full-scale remediation system and (2) the influence of parameters affecting the treatment system effectiveness. Results showed how VOC concentration in soil was highly reduced after four year treatment with a global effectiveness of 73%. Some soil samples did not reach the environmental threshold limits and, therefore, an extension of the remediation period was required. The soil texture, humidity, permeability, and the category of considered pollutants were found to influence the amount of total extracted VOCs.

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Teaching Computer Based Historical Data Analysis

History and Computing ◽

10.3366/hac.1994.6.1.52 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 52-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Charles Anderson ◽

Robert J. Morris

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Social History ◽

Historical Data ◽

Good Practice ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Historical Data Analysis ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

Computer Based ◽

The University

A case study ofa third year course in the Department of Economic and Social History in the University of Edinburgh isusedto considerandhighlightaspects of good practice in the teaching of computer-assisted historical data analysis.

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A Case Study on the Un-Used Capacity Assessment Using Time Driven Activity Based Costing for Magnetic Components

International Journal of Industrial Management ◽

10.15282/ijim.6.1.2020.5410 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 18-39

Author(s):

Areena Zaini ◽

Haryantie Kamil ◽

Mohd Yazid Abu

Keyword(s):

Historical Data ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Type I ◽

Activity Based Costing ◽

Cost Rate ◽

Continuous Innovation ◽

Magnetic Components ◽

Alignment Process ◽

Capacity Cost

The Electrical & Electronic (E&E) company is one of Malaysia’s leading industries that has 24.5% in manufacturing sector production. With a continuous innovation of E&E company, the current costing being used is hardly to access the complete activities with variations required for each workstation to measure the un-used capacity in term of resources and cost. The objective of this work is to develop a new costing structure using time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) at . This data collection was obtained at E&E company located at Kuantan, Pahang that focusing on magnetic component. The historical data was considered in 2018. TDABC is used to measure the un-used capacity by constructing the time equation and capacity cost rate. This work found three conditions of un-used capacity. Type I is pessimistic situation whereby according to winding toroid core, the un-used capacity of time and cost are -14820 hours and -MYR2.60 respectively. It means the system must sacrifice the time and cost more than actual apportionment. Type II is most likely situation whereby according to assembly process, the un-used capacity of time and cost are 7400 hours and MYR201575.45 respectively. It means the system minimize the time and cost which close to fully utilize from the actual apportionment. Type III is optimistic situation whereby according to alignment process, the un-used capacity of time and cost are 4120 hours and MYR289217.15 respectively. It means the system used small amount of cost and time from the actual apportionment.

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CONTEXTUALIZING PALIMPSEST OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN AN URBAN HERITAGE SITE: Case Study of Chahar Bagh, Shiraz - Iran

International Journal of Architectural Research Archnet-IJAR ◽

10.26687/archnet-ijar.v9i1.510 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 218 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Leila Mahmoudi Farahani ◽

Marzieh Setayesh ◽

Leila Shokrollahi

Keyword(s):

Collective Memory ◽

Active Part ◽

Collective Memories ◽

Cultural Life ◽

Urban Heritage ◽

Heritage Site ◽

Historical Sites ◽

A Site ◽

Historical Centre

A landscape or site, which has been inhabited for long, consists of layers of history. This history is sometimes reserved in forms of small physical remnants, monuments, memorials, names or collective memories of destruction and reconstruction. In this sense, a site/landscape can be presumed as what Derrida refers to as a “palimpsest”. A palimpsest whose character is identified in a duality between the existing layers of meaning accumulated through time, and the act of erasing them to make room for the new to appear. In this study, the spatial collective memory of the Chahar Bagh site which is located in the historical centre of Shiraz will be investigated as a contextualized palimpsest, with various projects adjacent one another; each conceptualized and constructed within various historical settings; while the site as a heritage is still an active part of the city’s cultural life. Through analysing the different layers of meaning corresponding to these adjacent projects, a number of principals for reading the complexities of similar historical sites can be driven.

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The Sentimental Community: A Site of Belonging - A Case Study from Central Australia

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2239626 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Sarah Holcombe

Keyword(s):

Central Australia ◽

A Site

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An Example to Us All: Child Development and Identity Construction in Early 20th-Century Playgrounds

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a3237 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 599-616 ◽

Cited By ~ 66

Author(s):

Elizabeth A Gagen

Keyword(s):

Child Development ◽

Public Space ◽

20Th Century ◽

The United States ◽

Development Theory ◽

Gender Identities ◽

Construction Of Identity ◽

A Site ◽

Us Cities

At the turn of the 20th century, children's play came under new and heightened scrutiny by urban reformers. As conditions in US cities threatened traditional notions of order, reformers sought new ways to direct urban-social development. In this paper I explore playground reform as an institutional response that aimed to produce and promote ideal gender identities in children. Supervised summer playgrounds were established across the United States as a means of drawing children off the street and into a corrective environment. Drawing from literature published by the Playground Association of America and a case study of playground management in Cambridge, MA, I explore playground training as a means of constructing gender identities in and through public space. Playground reformers asserted, drawing from child development theory, that the child's body was a conduit through which ‘inner’ identity surfaced. The child's body became a site through which gender identities could be both monitored and produced, compelling reformers to locate playgrounds in public, visible settings. Reformers' conviction that exposing girls to public vision threatened their development motivated a series of spatial restrictions. Whereas boys were unambiguously displayed to public audiences, girls' playgrounds were organised to accommodate this fear. Playground reformers' shrewd spatial tactics exemplify the ways in which institutional authorities conceive of and deploy space toward the construction of identity.

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