Experimental demonstration of contaminant removal from fractured rock by boiling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6437-6442

  Chen, Fei ^a   Liu, Xiaoling ^a   Falta, Ronald W ^a   Murdoch, Lawrence C ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; FRACTURED ROCK; LIQUID WATER; NON-VOLATILE; PORE VOLUME; ROCK MATRIX; SODIUM BROMIDE; STEAM QUALITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VAPOR MASS; VAPOR PHASE; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; SODIUM; STEAM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WATER VAPOR;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; SODIUM BROMIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HEATING; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROCK PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CORE TEMPERATURE; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HEATING; MALE; MASS ACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; ROCK; TEMPERATURE STRESS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER VAPOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEATING; PRESSURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77956550861     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1015923     Document Type: Article

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