Laboratory evaluation of surfactant-enhanced air sparging for perchloroethene source mass depletion from sand

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-413

  Kim, Heonki ^a   Annable, Michael D ^b   Rao, P S C ^c   Cho, Jaehyun ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Aquifer; Contamination; DNAPL; PCE; Remediation; Surfactant enhanced

Indexed keywords

AIR SPARGING; AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUIFER MODELS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONSTANT FLOW RATES; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DNAPL; FLOW CHAMBERS; LABORATORY EVALUATIONS; LABORATORY-SCALE; MASS FLUXES; MASS REMOVALS; NITROGEN GAS; PCE; PERCHLOROETHENE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SODIUM DODECYL BENZENE SULFONATES; SOURCE MASS; SURFACTANT-ENHANCED; VOLATILE CONTAMINANTS; WATER FLOWS;

AIR; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; IMPURITIES; POLLUTION; REMOVAL; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 61649090735     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802659786     Document Type: Article

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