Impact of Petroleum-Based Hydrocarbons on PE/PVC Pipes And Pipe Gaskets

Principal Investigator:

Say-Kee Ong, skong@iastate.edu (other projects)

Co-Principal Investigator:

• James Gaunt, jagaunt@iastate.edu (other projects)

Project Status: In Progress

Start Date: 02/01/2004
End Date: 02/02/2007


Research Objective: This three-year project will involve 1) surveying water utilities to determine their experiences with exposure of plastic pipes to gasoline, chlorinated solvents and other hydrocarbons; 2) testing of the performance of plastic pipes and elastomeric gaskets under realistic levels of hydrocarbon contamination, based on information obtained from the survey; and 3) development of accelerated life cycle tests that will predict the performance of plastic pipes and elastomeric gaskets under commonly encountered levels of environmental contamination.

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