Supercritical water oxidation of a heavily PCB-contaminated mineral transformer oil: Laboratory-scale data and economic assessment

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-265

  Marulanda, Víctor ^a   Bolaños, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Economic assessment; PCB; Supercritical water oxidation; Transformer oil

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS EFFLUENT; CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; DAPHNIA; DETECTION LIMITS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; FLOWSHEET; LABORATORY SCALE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN EXCESS; PCB CONCENTRATION; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS FLOW-SHEET; REAL-WORLD; SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSFORMER OIL;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; FLOWCHARTING; HYDROCARBONS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PILOT PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTE INCINERATION;

OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 77954653810     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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