A novel experimental procedure to investigate the biodegradation of NAPL under unsaturated conditions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Andre, Laurent ^a   Kedziorek, Monika A M ^b   Bourg, Alain C M ^b   Haeseler, Frank ^a   Blanchet, Denis ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Ceramic membranes; Hydrocarbon; Laboratory experiments; NAPL; Unsaturated porous medium

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION EXPERIMENTS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATIVE ACTIVITIES; DIFFUSIVE TRANSFERS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES; FUNCTION OF TIME; GAS-PHASE; GLASS COLUMNS; IN FIELDS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; N-HEXADECANE; NAPL; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLLUTED SITES; POROUS MEDIAS; POROUS MEDIUMS; POROUS NETWORKS; RAPID DEGRADATIONS; TWO FLUIDS; TWO-STEP PROCEDURES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS; UNSATURATED CONDITIONS; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONES; WATER PHASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PARAFFINS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; HYDROCARBON; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65349087411     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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