United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
                       EPA 510-F-93-001
                       May 1993
          Solid Waste And Emergency Response (OS-420WF)
xvEPA Hyperventilate

         A Software Guidance
         System Created  For
         Vapor Extraction
         Systems For
         Apple Macintosh  And
         IBM PC-Compatible
         Computers
     Pressure
     Gauge
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                 Line
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                  Flow
                  Meter
                    Vapor V/ell
                   Contaminated
                       Soil
Illustration from Hyperventilate Software

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          United States
          Environmental Protection
          Agency
 EPA 510-F-93-001
 May 1993
          Solid Waste And Emergency Response (OS-420WF)
&EPA Hyperventilate

         A Software Guidance
         System Created  For
         Vapor Extraction
         Systems For
         Apple Macintosh And
         IBM PC-Compatible
         Computers
     Pressure
     Gauge
               Air Bleed
                 Line
                     Vacuum
                     Pump
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                  Flow
                  Meter
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Illustration from Hyperventilate Software

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 What Is Hyperventilate?
 Hyperventilate is user-friendly software that
 can help you use vapor extraction (soil vent-
 ing) technology. This software guides the user
 through a structured thought process that
 involves:

 •    Identifying and characterizing required
     site-specific data,
 •    Deciding if soil venting is appropriate at a
     specific site,
 •    Evaluating air permeability test results,
 •    Calculating the minimum number of
     vapor extraction wells needed, and
 •    Illustrating how the results at a specific
     site might differ from the ideal case.

 Hyperventilate will not completely design
 your vapor extraction system, tell you exactly
 how many days it should be operated, or
 predict the future. Hyperventilate is both an
 educational tool for the novice environmental
 professional and a functional tool for more
 experienced users.  It performs necessary
 calculations and contains "help cards" that
 define the equations used, make the necessary
 unit conversions, and give supplementary
 information on related topics. In addition,
Hyperventilate contains a list of 62 com-
pounds that can be updated by the user to a
maximum of 400 compounds.
 What  Do I Need To  Run It?
 Hyperventilate (v. 1.01) for Apple Macintosh
 requires an Apple Macintosh (Plus or later)
 computer with at  least 1 MB RAM  (2 MB
 preferred) and the Apple HyperCard program,
 version 2.0 or higher.

 Hyperventilate (v.2.0) for Microsoft
 Windows/Spinnaker PLUS requires an IBM
 PC-compatible computer with an 80386
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                                                  Why  Hyperventilate?

                                                  Hyperventilate software was developed by the
                                                  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
                                                  and Shell Oil Company under a 1990 Coop-
                                                  erative Research and Development Agreement
                                                  under the Federal Technology Transfer Act.
                                                  EPA has evaluated Hyperventilate and is
                                                  facilitating the distribution of the software and
                                                  manual because it has found that they can be
                                                  helpful tools, especially when teaching users
                                                  about in-situ soil venting and when guiding
                                                  them through the structured thought process
                                                  used to evaluate the applicability of soil
                                                  venting at a particular site.
                                                          Hyperventilate is based on the article "A Practical
                                                          Approach to the Design, Operation, and Monitoring
                                                          of Soil Venting Systems" by P. C. Johnson, C. C.
                                                          Stanley, M. W. Kemblowski, J. D. Colthart, and D.
                                                          L. Byers, Ground Water Monitoring Review, Spring
                                                          1990, pp. 159 - 178.

                                                          EPA and Shell Oil Company make no warranties, either
                                                          express or implied, regarding the HyperVentilate computer
                                                          software package, its merchantability, or its fitness for any
                                                          particular purpose. EPA and Shell Oil Company do not
                                                          warrant that this software will be error-free or operate
                                                          without interruption.  EPA and Shell Oil Company do
                                                          encourage testing of this product.

                                                          At this time, EPA does not intend to provide technical
                                                          support for, to update, or to fix any bugs that might be
                                                          found in this software. Neither the software nor the users
                                                          manual is copyrighted.

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 How Do I Order?

 A package consisting of a users manual and
 either a 3.5" Macintosh disk or a 3.5" high
 density IBM PC-compatible disk is available
 from the U.S. Government Printing Office
 (GPO), Superintendent of Documents, P.O.
 Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

 Stock numbers:

 For IBM: 055-000-00427-7, $22
 For Macintosh: 055-000-00403-0, $17

 An order form appears in this leaflet.

 In addition, EPA's Office of Research and
 Development has published a report entitled
 Decision-Support Software for Soil Vapor
 Extraction Technology Application:
 Hyperventilate (publication number EPA/600/
 R-93/028).  This report includes an overview of
 soil vapor extraction principles and procedures,
 a case study of an application of the software, a
 sensitivity analysis of the software's outputs,
 and a users manual. A package consisting of
 the report (which includes the users manual)
 and both the Macintosh  and IBM PC-compat-
 ible disks or the report only is available  from
 the National Technical Information Service,
 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161,
703 487-4650.

Order numbers:
                                                     Both versions of the Hyperventilate soft-
                                                     ware can be downloaded (in compressed
                                                     form) from the following electronic bulletin
                                                     boards:

                                                     EPA's Cleanup Information Bulletin Board
                                                     (CLU-IN)—no charge
                                                     Data transmission 301 589-8366
                                                     System operator 301 589-8368

                                                     EPA's Alternative Treatment Technology
                                                     Information Center (ATTIC)—no charge
                                                     Data transmission 301 670-3808
                                                     System operator 301 670-6294

                                                     GPO's Federal Bulletin Board
                                                     (for deposit account holders)
                                                     Data transmission 202 512-1387
                                                     System operator 202 512-1524

                                                     CompuServe (Earth Forum,
                                                     Wastes/Toxics Library)
                                                     Assistance 1 800 848-8990
Report and both disks: PB93-502664/AS, $140
Report only: PB93-134880/AS,$27

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