Photochemical destruction of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene from the exhaust of an air stripper

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1441-1446

  Lee, Kenneth Y ^a   Lee, Jeong Yub ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Air stripping; Ground water pollution; PCE; Reactors; TCE; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; OLEFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; STAINLESS STEEL; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR STRIPPING; TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE); VAPOR PHASE TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PCE);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DEGRADATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 26444596673     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:10(1441)     Document Type: Article

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