Field study of pulsed air sparging for remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil and groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7279-7286

  Yang, Xiaomin ^a   Beckmann, Dennis ^a   Fiorenza, Stephanie ^a   Niedermeier, Craig ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b The RETEC Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM SYSTEM OPERATION; PULSED AIR SPARGING;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; EVALUATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS;

SOILS;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR SPARGING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; PARAMETER; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PULSED AIR SPARGING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SPARGING; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; MICHIGAN; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; PRESSURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

EID: 25144499620     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050084h     Document Type: Article

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