Treatment of tunnel wash waters - experiments with organic sorbent materials. Part I: Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nonpolar oil

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 964-969

  PARUCH, Adam M ^a   ROSETH, Roger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

electrostatic flters; nonpolar oil (NPO); organic sorbent materials; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); tunnel; wash water

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DEWATERING; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINING; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REDUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SORPTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TUNNELS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; WASHING; WATER RECYCLING;

BENZO [A] PYRENE; ELECTROSTATIC FLTERS; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY TESTING; NON-POLAR; NONPOLAR OIL (NPO); ORGANIC SORBENT MATERIALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REMOVAL RATES; ROAD TUNNELS; SORBENT MATERIALS; TOXIC METALS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TUNNEL; WASH WATER; WASHING PROCEDURES; WATER RUNOFF; WIDE SPECTRUM;

WATER POLLUTION;

OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TUNNEL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXHAUST GAS; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; NORWAY; OILS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 52049107873     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62194-4     Document Type: Article

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