In-situ reagents injection system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11633768-B2
Application number	US-202016840142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2020
Priority date	Apr 4, 2019
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

An in-situ reagents injection system comprises a compressed air storage tank, a remediation reagents storage tank, an injection adjusting valve, an injection pipe, an upper sealing device and a lower sealing device. When the reagents injection is carried out, the compressed air is injected before the remediation reagents is injected, the porosity of the aquifer medium is increased by utilizing the air pressure expansion technology to form a relatively uniform dominant channel, and the remediation reagents is injected to realize uniform and efficient conveying of the reagents. The in-situ reagents injection system and method can make the homogeneous and efficient conveying of the remediation reagents, and ensure the full utilization of the remediation reagents, with low energy consumption of injection equipment, simple process, and flexible operation. The injection is performed in sections from top to bottom according to the steps to improve the in-situ reagents injection efficiency and remediation efficiency.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An in-situ reagents injection system, comprising:
a compressed air conveying pipeline providing compressed air to a first side of an injection well;
a remediation reagents conveying pipeline providing remediation reagents to a second side of the injection well;
an injection adjusting valve;
an injection pipe;
a first sealing unit; and
a second sealing unit,
wherein the compressed air conveying pipeline and the remediation reagents conveying pipeline are connected with the injection pipe at a same intersection in a Y connection located inside the injection well, the intersection is provided with the injection adjusting valve at the Y connection inside the injection well, and the injection adjusting valve is configured for switching off the remediation reagents conveying pipeline when the compressed air is injected or switching off the compressed air conveying pipeline when the remediation reagents are injected to the injection well,
wherein the second sealing unit is arranged outside pipe walls at an end of the injection pipe, the first sealing unit is arranged outside the pipe walls at a position 0.5 m-0.75 m, away from a port at the end, from the second sealing unit, and the first sealing unit and the second sealing unit are configured for forming a seal with walls of the injection well when operated with the in-situ reagents injection system, and
wherein a plurality of openings are formed in walls of the injection pipe between the first sealing unit and the second sealing unit.

2. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 , wherein the compressed air conveying pipeline has an air pressure adjusting function.

3. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the injection adjusting valve is an inner diameter of a pipeline connected with a remediation reagents storage unit, and
wherein the injection adjusting valve is a circular PVC sheet with a thickness of 1 mm-3 mm.

4. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 ,
wherein a radius of the injection pipe is ¼-½ of a radius of an injection well pipe.

5. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 , wherein the injection pipe is a polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene or polypropylene pipe with a thickness of 2 mm-4 mm.

6. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 , wherein the injection pipe is provided with 4-12 rows of uniformly formed openings in a pipe wall of a pipe body part between the first sealing unit and the second sealing unit, and
wherein each of the openings has a radius of 2 mm-4 mm and that the openings of each row are equally spaced along a generatrix of the injection pipe with an opening spacing of 3 mm-5 mm.

7. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 , wherein a layer of nitrile rubber, natural rubber, or acrylate rubber film is adhered inside a pipe body part of the injection pipe between the first sealing unit and the second sealing unit, and a plurality of slits are respectively formed in a film at positions corresponding to the plurality of openings.

8. The in-situ reagents injection system according to claim 1 , wherein the first sealing unit and the second sealing unit both are rubber cylinders having a diameter equal to an inner diameter of an injection well pipe and with a thickness of 3 cm-5 cm.

Assignees

• Chinese Res Acad Env Sciences

Inventors

• Jiang Yonghai
• Xi Beidou
• Yang Yu
• Lian Xinying
• Xu Xiangjian
• Jia Yongfeng
• Xia Fu
• Han Xu

Classifications

• B09C2101/00

  In situ · CPC title

• B09C1/08

  chemically · CPC title

• B65G53/40

  Feeding or discharging devices · CPC title

• B09C1/00 Primary

  Reclamation of contaminated soil · CPC title

• B65G53/16

  Gas pressure systems operating with fluidisation of the materials · CPC title