Can ORC be used to remediate chlorinated hydrocarbons?
Yes, if the compound is aerobically degradable. The most visible of these applications is for vinyl chloride treatment. Vinyl chloride is a highly carcinogenic degradation product of perchloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE), which is often associated with dry cleaning operations and landfills. Unlike its more highly chlorinated parent compounds which require treatment by anaerobic dechlorination, the vinyl chloride is aerobically degradable, and thus is rapidly degraded by indigenous microbes in the presence of ORC. If you are interested in the treatment of more high chlorinated compounds such as PCE and TCE, we encourage you to consider the use of Hydrogen Release Compound (HRC®) which was developed specifically for the treatment of these compounds.
