Sustainable decontamination of an actual-site aged PCB-polluted soil through a biosurfactant-based washing followed by a photocatalytic treatment

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1525-1534

  Occulti, Fabio ^a,b   Roda, Giovanni Camera ^a,b   Berselli, Sara ^a,b   Fava, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Emilia Romagna Region Integrated Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Photocatalysis; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Soil remediation; Soil washing; Soya lecithin

Indexed keywords

DECHLORINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL WASHING; SOYA LECITHIN;

SOILS;

BIOSURFACTANT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRITON X 100; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOYBEAN;

CATALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECONTAMINATION; LECITHINS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOYBEANS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 41049108036     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21703     Document Type: Article

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