Environmental life-cycle comparisons of two polychlorinated biphenyl remediation technologies: Incineration and base catalyzed decomposition

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 258-268

  Hu, Xintao ^a   Zhu, Jianxin ^a   Ding, Qiong ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Life cycle assessment; PCB contaminated sites; Remediation technologies

Indexed keywords

BASE CATALYZED DECOMPOSITION; BCD PROCESS; BCD TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN TOXICITY; INORGANICS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; ORGANICS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SECONDARY COMBUSTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARCINOGENS; CATALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLATINUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATING; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY;

LAND RECLAMATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOREACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PCB; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BASE CATALYZED DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; INFRARED HIGH TEMPERATURE INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALKALIES; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INCINERATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 79957716448     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.04.073     Document Type: Article

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