Alma Jackson |
SCHOOL: The University of Mississippi
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering MENTOR: Dr. Clint Williford EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE: May 2002 ORGANIZATIONS & HONORS:
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ABSTRACT
Drying Characteristics and Oxygen Transport In Dredged Sediments
| To maintain and improve waterborne navigation, approximately four hundred
million cubic yards of sediment are dredged each year by different industries
in the United States. Port dredging is done to create and maintain
sufficient water depth so that ships and boats can move safely through
bodies of water. The Environmental Protection Agency detected that
the sediments are contaminated and that river and harbors will require
remediation. Presently, the New York Harbor is the largest sediment
cleanup technology-testing program in the United States. This study
in the New York Harbor dredged sediment is carried out to determine the
drying characteristics of the sediment in the confined disposal facilities.
Confined disposal facilities are an open body of land that has been cleared
to serve as repositories for contaminated sediments. The tasks of
this project included investigating the sediment pore water evaporation,
shrinkage, pore collapse, and other physical characteristics when additives
are added to the sediment. In addition, measurements such as the
redox conditions and oxygen penetration in the sediment were also conducted
in this research.
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