Risk assessment before and after solar photocatalytic degradation of BTEX contaminated groundwater at a gas station site in Korea

Environmental Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-459

  Cho, Il Hyoung ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^b   Kang, Hojeong ^c   Zoh, Kyung Duk ^b  

^a Sungil Technology and Consulting Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BTEX; Groundwater; Monte carlo; Photocatalysis; Risk

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; FULLERENES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOLUENE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; XYLENE;

A FORMERS; ACCEPTABLE RISKS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; BTEX; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; DEGRADATION PATTERNS; EX-SITU; GAS STATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATIONS; HAZARD INDICES; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS; LIFE-TIMES; MAXIMUM EXPOSURES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; POINT ESTIMATIONS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATIONS; REACTION TIMES; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; REMEDIAL PROCESSES; SOLAR LIGHTS; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATIONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 56849091463     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10297     Document Type: Article

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