Pulsed gas injection: A minimum effort approach for enhanced natural attenuation of chlorobenzene in contaminated groundwater

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2011-2018

  Balcke, Gerd Ulrich ^a   Paschke, Heidrun ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Schirmer, Mario ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorobenzene; Groundwater; Oxygen deficient; Oxygenation; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AERATION STRATEGIES; AQUIFER MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; BIOSPARGING; CHLOROBENZENE; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; FIELD TESTS; GAS INJECTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; INJECTION FREQUENCIES; LIMITING AVAILABILITIES; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; PULSED GAS; PURE OXYGENS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COST ACCOUNTING; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; GASES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONMETALS; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

CHLOROBENZENE; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROBENZENE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RECHARGE; REMEDIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEROBIOSIS; AIR; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GASES; OXYGEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67349190263     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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