Theramodynamic Source Monitoring System for Determining the Biodegradation Rate in Areas Contaminated by Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Computer-Implemented Method for Processing Monitored Raw Data

A thermodynamic contamination source monitoring system to determine the biodegradation rate in contaminated areas in real time, comprising:

• a set of heat flux transducers distributed in the soil (1);
• different plans;
• a cylinder;
• wherein the inside of said cylinder accommodates an installation wiring;
• each flux transducer is composed of four temperature transducers arranged on the surface of a threaded cylindrical module in two planes perpendicular to the axis of said cylinder;
• the system also has a station with energy autonomy (2);
• wherein the system acquires the processed information to estimate the depletion of the contaminant mass through a processing station (3):
• selecting 1D or 2D configuration;
• identifying the product that has spilled into the soil;
• collecting soil samples at different depths, in order to obtain retention, conductivity and heat capacity parameters at different depths;
• determining the characteristics of the probes by measuring the gain and offset of each at the time of installation;
• recording the GPS position of the station and the vertical and horizontal positions of the probes relative to the station rod;
• and
• inserting the characteristics of the spilled substance, the soil, the probes and the assembly in a database that will receive the measurements collected by the station to the user interface (4) that allows a processing of raw data and analysis of results based on diagnostics carried out on the samples collected in the field.