Impacts of Fe(0) grain sizes and grain size distributions in permeable reactive barriers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 213, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-250

  Ruhl, Aki S ^a   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fe(0) reactor; Grain size; Permeable reactive barrier; Pore structure; Reductive treatment; TCE

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CAST IRON MATERIALS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN TEST; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; FIXED BED; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGEN GAS GENERATION; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PORE VOLUME; REDUCTIVE TREATMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; TCE;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; PORE STRUCTURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 84868480670     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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