Microwaves in soil remediation from VOCs. 1: Heat and mass transfer aspects

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1909-1921

  Acierno, Domenico ^a   Barba, Anna A ^b   D'Amore, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROWAVES; REMEDIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOIL REMEDIATION;

SOILS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION; SOIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038824899     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490726     Document Type: Article

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