Solar detoxification of fuel-contaminated groundwater using fixed-bed photocatalysts

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-278

  Crittenden, John C ^a,d   Zhang, Yin ^b   Hand, David W ^a   Perram, David L ^b   Marchand, Edward G ^c  

^a Civ and Environ Eng Department   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; detoxification; ethylbenzene; groundwater; photocatalysis; toluene; xylene s

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FUELS; BENZENE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST POISONING; CATALYSTS; GROUNDWATER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; XYLENE;

CATALYST FOULING; DETOXIFICATION; ETHYLBENZENE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; WATER PRETREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030152758     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096X127703     Document Type: Article

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