Modifications of petroleum hydrocarbon field test kit methods for site specific applications

石油碳氢化合物(PHC)测试套件被用作筛查工具，以在环境评估和污染场地清理期间降低成本并缩短周转时间。目前市面上可买到的PHC检测试剂盒没有特异性，容易受到其他有机化合物的干扰。此外，加拿大的碳氢化合物清理标准取决于碳氢化合物的具体比例。这项建议将使用一种新的方法来修改目前的PHC土壤筛选测试试剂盒技术，以提高特异性并消除干扰。固相萃取将被用来利用组成每个馏分的PHC单独化合物在挥发性、溶解性、极性和辛醇水系数方面的差异。这项研究的结果将使Malroz Engineering Inc.能够在现场进行改进 使用现场测试试剂盒表征和定量土壤中的石油碳氢化合物。

Petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) test kits are used as screening tools to reduce costs and improve turnaround times during environmental assessments and cleanups at contaminated sites. Current commercially available PHC test kits are not specific and are susceptible to interferences from other organic compounds. In addition, Canadian clean up criteria of hydrocarbons are dependent on the specific fraction of hydrocarbon. This proposal will use a novel approach to modify current PHC soil screening test kit technologies to improve specificity and eliminate interferences. Solid phase extraction will be utilized to take advantage of differences in volatility, solubility, polarity and octanol water coefficient in the PHC individual compounds which make up each fraction. The results of this research will allow Malroz Engineering Inc. to improve on site characterization and quantitation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil using field test kits.