Superfund Site Soil Remediation: Electrical Resistance Heating Kit

Pinsonneault, Rylee; Mungovan, Emma

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Superfund Site Soil Remediation: Electrical Resistance Heating Kit

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This project aims to provide a small-scale learning model to engage students in the cleaning process of Superfund sites. This kit can be used as a demonstration tool in education to provide an interactive learning experience. The kit allows for students at an influential age to understand the dangers of chemicals and their potential environmental impact. This kit can be used by students in middle and high school to spark interest in STEM, while college students can use the model to learn about the engineering techniques used in the electrical resistance heating process. This project looks at the design of an electrical resistance heating kit, which is often used in soil remediation. It shows how to design and test a small-scale kit and shares our results. We also conducted a cost-analysis of the modeling kit to see if it would be feasible to produce this kit for education in classrooms.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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