Treatment of volatile organic contaminants in a vertical flow filter: Relevance of different removal processes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1292-1303

  De Biase, Cecilia ^a   Reger, Daniel ^a   Schmidt, Axel ^a   Jechalke, Sven ^a   Reiche, Nils ^a   Martínez Lavanchy, Paula M ^a   Rosell, Mònica ^a   Van Afferden, Manfred ^a   Maier, Uli ^b   Oswald, Sascha E ^c   Thullner, Martin ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biodegradation; Catabolic genes; MTBE; Numerical modeling; Radon; SAFIRA II; Stable isotope fractionation analysis; Tracers; VOCs; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

CATABOLIC GENES; MTBE; NUMERICAL MODELING; SAFIRA II; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION ANALYSIS; VOCS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; FLOW RATE; GENES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; RADON; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BIODEGRADATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MTBE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADON ISOTOPE; SAMPLER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TRANSIENT FLOW; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79960028120     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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