Evaluation of persulfate oxidative wet scrubber for removing BTEX gases

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 571-579

  Liang, Chenju ^a   Chen, Yan Jyun ^a   Chang, Keng Jung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Environment Scientific Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gas absorption; Gasoline contamination; Remediation; Soil vapor extraction; Sulfate radical

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PERSULFATES; AIR-SPARGING; AQUEOUS PHASE; BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; CHEMICAL OXIDATIONS; CONTINUOUS DESTRUCTIONS; CONTROL TESTS; EXHAUST GAS; HAZARDOUS CONTAMINANTS; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; MOLAR RATIOS; NO REMOVALS; PETROLEUM CONTAMINANTS; PUMPING RATES; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION; SULFATE RADICAL; SYSTEM TESTS; TESTING CONDITIONS; WASTE GAS STREAMS; WET SCRUBBERS; WET SCRUBBING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CITRIC ACID; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLBENZENE; GAS ABSORPTION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; OXIDATION; PLASMA GUNS; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SCRUBBERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; TOLUENE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VAPORS; XYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS; OXIDATION; REMEDIATION; TESTING METHOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 63049126669     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.056     Document Type: Article

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