Decontamination of hydrocarbon contaminated soil

Claim 1

The method of treating hydrocarbon contaminated soil that includes: a) forming the soil into a flowing particulate stream, b) forming an aqueous liquid mixture of water and treating substance that reacts with hydrocarbon to form CO 2 and water, c) dispersing said liquid mixture into the particulate soil stream to wet the particulate, d) allowing said substance to react with the wetted soil particulate to thereby form CO 2 and water, thereby the resultant soil is beneficially treated, e) said stream being freely projected to dwell at a level and then fall, and said dispersing includes spraying the liquid mixture into the projected stream at said dwell, f) said substance consisting of natural bacteria, and at a concentration level in the mixture of between 100 to 3,000 PPM of bacteria to water, g) said soil forming step including impacting the soil to reduce it to particles less than about 3/8 inches in cross dimension, h) and including forming the wetting particulate into a first layer on a surface to allow said substance to react.

Claim 2

The method of treating hydrocarbon contaminated soil that includes: a) forming the soil into a flowing particulate stream, b) forming an aqueous liquid mixture of water and treating substance that reacts with hydrocarbon to form CO 2 and water, c) dispersing said liquid mixture into the particulate soil stream to wet the particulate, d) allowing said substance to react with the wetted soil particulate to thereby form CO 2 and water, thereby the resultant soil is beneficially treated, e) said stream being freely projected to dwell at a level and then fall, and said dispersing includes spraying the liquid mixture into the projected stream at said dwell, f) said substance consisting of natural bacteria, and at a concentration level in the mixture of between 100 to 3,000 PPM of bacteria to water, g) said soil forming step including impacting the soil to reduce it to particles less than about 3/8 inches in cross dimension, h) and including forming the wetting particulate into a first layer on a surface to allow said substance to react.

Claim 10

The method of treating hydrocarbon contaminated soil that includes: a) forming the soil into a flowing particulate stream; b) forming an aqueous liquid mixture of water and treating substance that reacts with hydrocarbon to form CO 2 and water, c) dispersing said liquid mixture into the particulate soil stream to wet the particulate, d) allowing said substance to react with the wetted soil particulate to thereby form CO 2 and water, whereby the resultant soil is beneficially treated, e) said stream being freely projected to fall, and said dispersing includes spraying the liquid mixture into the projected stream, f) said substance consisting of natural bacteria, and at a concentration level in the mixture of between 100 to 3,000 PPM of bacteria to water, g) said soil forming step including impacting the soil to reduce it to particles less than about 3/8 inches in cross dimension, h) and including forming the wetting particulate into a first layer on a surface to allow said substance to react.

Claim 11

The method of treating hydrocarbon contaminated soil that includes: a) forming the soil into a flowing particulate stream; b) forming an aqueous liquid mixture of water and treating substance that reacts with hydrocarbon to form CO 2 and water, c) dispersing said liquid mixture into the particulate soil stream to wet the particulate, d) allowing said substance to react with the wetted soil particulate to thereby form CO 2 and water, whereby the resultant soil is beneficially treated, e) said stream being freely projected to fall, and said dispersing includes spraying the liquid mixture into the projected stream, f) said substance consisting of natural bacteria, and at a concentration level in the mixture of between 100 to 3,000 PPM of bacteria to water, g) said soil forming step including impacting the soil to reduce it to particles less than about 3/8 inches in cross dimension, h) and including forming the wetting particulate into a first layer on a surface to allow said substance to react.