Multipass membrane air-stripping (MAS) for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from surfactant micellar solutions

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1070-1078

  Cheng, Hefa ^a   Hu, Yuanan ^b   Luo, Jian ^c   Sabatini, David A ^d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane air stripping (MAS); Multipass multistage process; Reuse; Separation; Surfactant micellar solution; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL MASS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACTORS; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MIXED SURFACTANT SYSTEMS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MULTI-PASS; MULTIPASS/MULTISTAGE PROCESS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REUSE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT MICELLAR SOLUTION; SURFACTANT MICELLAR SOLUTIONS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; REMOVAL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

STRIPPING (DYES);

SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; REDUCTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEPARATION; SURFACTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR STRIPPING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MICELLE; PHASE PARTITIONING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLUBILIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMULSIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICELLES; MINERAL FIBERS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 69049090767     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.072     Document Type: Article

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