Environmental effects of supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) process for treating transformer oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-174

  Kim, Kyeongsook ^a   Son, Soon Hwan ^a   Kim, KwangSin ^a   Kim, Kyungbok ^a   Kim, Yeong Cheol ^b  

^a Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Environmental effects; Mixed gas; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO); Transformer oil

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; MIXED GAS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION; TRANSFORMER OIL;

CONTAMINATION; GAS PLANTS; GASES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PILOT PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 78149497262     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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