Lab-Scale Treatability Tests for the Thermal Desorption of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-456

  Tatàno, Fabio ^a   Felici, Filippo ^a   Mangani, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon soil contamination; indirect heated desorber; laboratory treatability test; retention time; temperature; thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTROL AUTHORITIES; DESORBERS; DESORPTION PROCESS; DIESEL OIL; DRY MATTERS; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HEAVY HYDROCARBONS; INITIAL SOILS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; ITALIAN SOILS; KINETIC RATE CONSTANTS; NATURAL SOILS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; REACTOR RETENTION TIME; RETENTION TIME; SILT CLAY; SILTY SANDS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL TEXTURES; THRESHOLD LEVELS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CONTAMINATION; DIESEL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SILT; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES; THERMAL DESORPTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84873945259     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2013.721814     Document Type: Article

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