Cosolvent flushing for the remediation of PAHs from former manufactured gas plants

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-84

  Schultz Birak, P ^a   Newman, A P ^a   Richardson, S D ^a   Hauswirth, S C ^a   Pedit, J A ^a   Aitken, M D ^a   Miller, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal tar; Dissolution; Field contaminated soils; FMGP; Methanol; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Rate effects; Sorption

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; BATCH STUDIES; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; COLUMN STUDY; CONTAMINATED SAND; COSOLVENTS; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD-CONTAMINATED SOILS; FMGP; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; LENGTH SCALE; LIMITED DATA; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MODEL FIT; PAH COMPOUNDS; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; PORE VOLUME; RATE EFFECTS; SORPTION MODELS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COAL TAR; CONTAMINATION; CURVE FITTING; DATA TRANSFER RATES; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SOLUBILITY; SORPTION;

GAS PLANTS;

METHANOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COAL TAR; EFFLUENT; FLUSHING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; REMEDIATION; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSOLVENT FLUSHING; DENSITY; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FORMER MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VISCOSITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METHANOL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 80055100776     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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