Study on mechanisms and effect of surfactant-enhanced air sparging

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2258-2264

  Zheng, Wei ^a   Zhao, Yong Sheng ^a   Qin, Chuan Yu ^b   Wang, Bing ^a   Qu, Zhi Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air saturation; Contamination; Surfactant; Surfactant enhanced air sparging

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR SATURATION; AIR SPARGING; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; FOAM STABILITY; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; SODIUM DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATE; WATER SURFACE TENSION;

AIR;

CHLOROBENZENE; DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; POLYSORBATE 80; SURFACTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

AIR SPARGING; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHLOROBENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SAND; SATURATION; SURFACTANT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FOAM STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SPARGING; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT ENHANCED AIR SPARGING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER RETENTION; AIR; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

DELAWARE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WILMINGTON [NORTH CAROLINA];

AIR; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952113125     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12681059116734     Document Type: Article

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