Extraction of PCBs and water from river sediment using liquefied dimethyl ether as an extractant

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1148-1154

  Oshita, Kazuyuki ^a   Takaoka, Masaki ^a   Kitade, Sin ichiro ^a   Takeda, Nobuo ^b   Kanda, Hideki ^c   Makino, Hisao ^c   Matsumoto, Tadao ^a   Morisawa, Shinsuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Dimethyl ether (DME); Extraction; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Sediment

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; ETHERS; EXTRACTION; FUELS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DIMETHYL ETHERS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; MODERATE PRESSURES; NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER REACTIONS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

DIMETHYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

ETHER; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; PRESSURE; REACTION RATE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PHASE TRANSITION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RIVER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 75449092613     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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