creator Bridges, Jack E. creator Sresty, Guggilam C. Improved methods and apparatus are disclosed for confining ohmic heating currents to a subsurface formation in the use of in situ ohmic heating for recovery of volatile and semi-volatile materials, such as hazardous waste, hydrocarbon-like materials, and valuable minerals having thermally responsive properties. Spacing between emplaced electrodes and the number of electrodes employed are controlled to cause coupling between electrodes for more uniform and higher temperature heating. Electrode designs are disclosed which suppress spurious earth currents which would heat other formations not of interest. Suppression of electrode end currents is accomplished by the use of distinct rings of insulation, control of the applied potential along the electrode, and injection or withdrawal of fluids at distinct locations along the electrode. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2011-12-07T18:16:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 5621845.pdf: 356339 bytes, checksum: a462ab8b379889c4bc0d9c0fe098e89b (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-07T18:16:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5621845.pdf: 356339 bytes, checksum: a462ab8b379889c4bc0d9c0fe098e89b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997-04-15 IIT Research Institute 2009-05-11 1997-04-15 5,621,845 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2391 en United States Patent Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access