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Title: Subsurface barrier validation with the SEAtrace{trademark} system

Abstract

Under contract to the Department of Energy, Science and Engineering Associates has completed development and testing of a subsurface barrier verification and monitoring system. This system, called SEAtrace{trademark}, is able to locate and size leaks with a high degree of accuracy in subsurface barriers that are emplaced in an unsaturated medium. It uses gaseous tracer injection, in-field real-time monitoring, and real time data analysis to evaluate barrier integrity. The approach is: Conservative as it measures vapor leaks in a containment system whose greatest risk is posed by liquid leaks; Applicable to any impermeable type of barrier emplacement technology in the unsaturated zone; Inexpensive as it uses readily available, non-toxic, nonhazardous gaseous tracers, does not require an inordinately large number of sampling points, and injection and sampling points can be emplaced by direct push techniques; Capable of assessing not only a barrier's initial integrity, but can also provide long-term monitoring. To date, six demonstrations of the system have been completed. Results from two of the demonstrations are detailed in this report. They include the final developmental demonstration of the SEAtrace system and a comparison demonstration of two tracer based verification technologies. The final developmental demonstration of SEAtrace was completed at amore » naval facility in Brunswick, Maine. The demonstration was funded solely by the DOE and was performed in cooperation with the US Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Federal Energy Technology Center Morgantown (FETC-MGN), Morgantown, WV (United States); Federal Energy Technology Center Pittsburgh (FETC-PGH), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
761371
Report Number(s):
DE-AC21-96MC33125-02
TRN: AH200031%%92
DOE Contract Number:  
AC21-96MC33125
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; LEAK TESTING; LEAK DETECTORS; DESIGN; MAINE; MONITORING; VERIFICATION; FIELD TESTS; PERFORMANCE TESTING

Citation Formats

Dunn, Sandra Dalvit, Lowry, William, and Chipman, Veraun. Subsurface barrier validation with the SEAtrace{trademark} system. United States: N. p., 1999. Web. doi:10.2172/761371.
Dunn, Sandra Dalvit, Lowry, William, & Chipman, Veraun. Subsurface barrier validation with the SEAtrace{trademark} system. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/761371
Dunn, Sandra Dalvit, Lowry, William, and Chipman, Veraun. 1999. "Subsurface barrier validation with the SEAtrace{trademark} system". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/761371. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/761371.
@article{osti_761371,
title = {Subsurface barrier validation with the SEAtrace{trademark} system},
author = {Dunn, Sandra Dalvit and Lowry, William and Chipman, Veraun},
abstractNote = {Under contract to the Department of Energy, Science and Engineering Associates has completed development and testing of a subsurface barrier verification and monitoring system. This system, called SEAtrace{trademark}, is able to locate and size leaks with a high degree of accuracy in subsurface barriers that are emplaced in an unsaturated medium. It uses gaseous tracer injection, in-field real-time monitoring, and real time data analysis to evaluate barrier integrity. The approach is: Conservative as it measures vapor leaks in a containment system whose greatest risk is posed by liquid leaks; Applicable to any impermeable type of barrier emplacement technology in the unsaturated zone; Inexpensive as it uses readily available, non-toxic, nonhazardous gaseous tracers, does not require an inordinately large number of sampling points, and injection and sampling points can be emplaced by direct push techniques; Capable of assessing not only a barrier's initial integrity, but can also provide long-term monitoring. To date, six demonstrations of the system have been completed. Results from two of the demonstrations are detailed in this report. They include the final developmental demonstration of the SEAtrace system and a comparison demonstration of two tracer based verification technologies. The final developmental demonstration of SEAtrace was completed at a naval facility in Brunswick, Maine. The demonstration was funded solely by the DOE and was performed in cooperation with the US Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.},
doi = {10.2172/761371},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/761371}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
}