Comparison of different substrates for the fast reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene under groundwater conditions

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1275-1282

  Schöllhorn, Andreas ^a   Savary, Catherine ^b   Stucki, Gerhard ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt W ^c  

^a Ciba Ingenieur und Verfahrenstechnik   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cis 1,2 dichloroethene; Fixed bed reactor; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DRINKING WATER; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; FORMIC ACID; GROUND WATER; LACTIC ACID; METHANE; METHANOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

GROUNDWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINATION; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DICHLOROETHENE; FIXED BED REACTORS; FORMATE; LACTATE; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; TRICHLOROETHENE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030615875     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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