Application of high frequency ultrasound in the destruction of DDT in contaminated sand and water

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1380-1386

  Thangavadivel, Kandasamy ^a,b   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^a,b   Smart, Roger St C ^a   Lesniewski, Peter J ^a   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

DDT; High frequency Ultrasound; Persistent organic pollutants; Remediation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; CONTAMINATED SAND; CYCLE TIME; DDT; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; EFFECTIVE MASS; ENERGY RELEASE; HIGH COSTS; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; LIFE-TIME; LIQUID SOLUTION; LOW POWER; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; NON-POLAR; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAND AND SOIL; SAND SLURRY; SLURRY DENSITY; SONOTRODE; SONOTRODES;

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; INCINERATION; IRON POWDER; LIQUIDS; OPERATING COSTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMEDIATION; REMOVAL; SAND; SLURRIES; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

CHLORIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; IRON;

BUBBLE; DDT; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SLURRY; SOIL REMEDIATION; ULTRASONICS; WAVELENGTH;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; SAND; SOIL TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND; WATER TREATMENT;

DDT; PESTICIDES; SILICON DIOXIDE; ULTRASONICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67649770980     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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