Abstract: A method for treating an environmental medium having organic contaminants is disclosed. A mixture is added to the environmental medium. The environmental medium is heated to activate the mixture and to evaporate the organic contaminants within the environmental medium to generate contaminated vapors. The mixture acts as an additional heat source. The mixture includes a metal powder. The contaminated vapors are extracted via a perforated pipe, thereby removing the organic contaminants in a gaseous form from the environmental medium. The organic contaminants have an initial boiling point in range of 50° C. to 400° C., when immersed in water or in contact with moist soil, measured at a standard atmospheric pressure of 1 atm.

Abstract: A method for treating an environmental medium is disclosed. A heat source with a heat exchanger is provided aboveground in proximity to the environmental medium to be treated. A mixture is heated to a temperature below a boiling point of the mixture. The mixture consists of a vegetable oil, an emulsifier, and water. The heated mixture and an alkaline compound catalyst are introduced into the contaminated environmental medium. The alkaline compound is potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide. The alkaline compound is dissolved in an alcohol in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 5% of the alkaline compound to form an alkyl oxide solution.

Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.

Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.