Badger FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Understanding contrasts in delivery technology pertaining to in-situ delivery can make huge impacts on the success of your eRD, ISCO or BIO project. There is a lot of information being directed at subsurface delivery technologies these days and Badger is helping to unlock and redefine in-situ delivery strategies. Because we do have an extensive, ongoing development dialogue database on the Badger's CMS, we will limit this FAQ section to what is deemed critical by the active community of users...information exchanges to understand the differences in a Badger injection delivery.

Q: Will Badger Injection Technology work at every site?
A: Does anyone really have a "silver bullet"?

Q: How can Badger claim Radius of Influence (ROI's) > 15'?
A: Badger nor its providers have ever claimed any radius, we are just sharing the results of 3 years of intense testing and verification - users of the system and projects have provided the results. During initial development of the system in virgin saturated subsurface conditions,15' ROI's were consistently seen in radius verification sampling results with dye stained injectates. Since then (2006), Badger has experienced ROI's in excess of 20' in virgin saturated subsurface environments (30-40' in vadose applications). We are now able to aid Engineers in estimating ROCP's (radius of contact potentials) during the project design phase at pore space contact (occupancy) and injection material dilution percentages in the ROCP. There are more than a few PE's now mentioning the ability to create pore space reactors with currently utilized injection materials and Badger distribution properties.

Q: Does Badger injection technology create subsurface preferential path issues during injection delivery events?
A: No...in fact, one of the primary discovered properties of the Badger technology indicated the system actually has the ability to directly effect usually diffusion limited pore spaces in the subsurface (these are obviously not preferential pathways). Badger, unlike LP/Flood Fill technologies does not rely on preferrential pathways in the subsurface for distribution.

Q: How does Badger differ from standard Lance Permeation/Probe type technology?
A: Badger is not a Flood/Fill technology.

Q: How does Badger differ from Hydraulic or Pneumatic Fracturing?
A: Badger does not create unsolicited preferential fractures (paths) in the subsurface during delivery events, nor does it hold these pathways open to deliver materials . Where these fracturing technologies are truly viable, Badger does not have the ability to perform.

Q: The Badger system looks like injection "overkill" with all the technology that surrounds it, is it necessary?
A: Yes, the Badger system has taken on its own persona, however, every design feature and technological implementation has been at the request of Badger Development and Technical partners who have utilize it (ie: DoD, Engineering and Regulatory oversight groups). The technology packages deliver real time data which allows immediate corrections during delivery events.

Q: How can I find out if Badger technology is right for my site?
A: Contact any Service Provider listed on this website. They are knowledgeable and have specific training and understanding on Badger systems and technology.

Q: How compatible is Badger to the myriad of remedial in-situ chemical configurations?
A: Badger equipment is chemically compatible with every type of oxidizer and peroxygen solutions on the market. Badger equipment can withstand PH swings from 2 to 12 and temperatures to 175 degrees F.

Q: Why is Badger technology not considered flood fill technology?
A: Hydraulic polarity differentials in the subsurface are controlled by Badger. This variability allows Badger to create billions of vortices during a single injection event and control distribution patterns. The vortices create rapid distribution of the remedial chemical in the subsurface while protecting adjacent pore spaces. Flood Fill methodologies create a 1:1 pore space replacement scenario and rely on preferential path for injectate distribution.

Q: What types of remedial injection chemicals and sciences does Badger represent?
A: Badger does not represent or endorse any in-situ remedial chemical product or science. Choosing the right in-situ chemical science is critical to a project success, Badger's mission to to deliver the chosen material in contact with the contaminant. Badger does work closely with CSV's and Engineers to provide delivery vehicle support.

Related resources

Usual Diffusion Limited Pore Spaces
Kinetically Adjustable Pore Space Dilation
Directional Targeted Injection Material Emplacement
Pore Space Reactors
Subsurface Vertical Mixing Potentials
Modified Intake Device Injection Deliveries
Edge Effect Remediation
In-situ injection as a primary remedial strategy?