Patent ID: 6250846
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B09C,E02D,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for soil remediation to remedy a soil contaminated with a pollutant, comprising:(a) a soil borer having a rotatable drilling portion with a soil agitating means; wherein the soil borer comprises a rotary rod and an agitating head provided at a tip thereof, wherein the soil agitating means comprises a plurality of agitating blades rotatably mounted at an intermediate portion of the rotary rod, and wherein the agitating head and one of the agitating blades next thereto rotate in one direction, and the rest of the plurality of agitating blades rotate in an opposite direction;(b) feeding means for introducing into the soil at least one agent selected from the group consisting of a microorganism capable of degrading the pollutant, a nutrient for the microorganism and an inducer to make the microorganism express the pollutant-degrading activity; and(c) measuring means for measuring pollutant concentration in the soil.