Combination of Fe(0) with additional reactive materials in fixed bed reactors for TCE removal

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-185

  Ruhl, Aki Sebastian ^a   Ünal, Nilüfer ^b   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combined PRB; Fe(0) corrosion reactor; Gas clogging; Hybrid barrier; TCE dechlorination; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; COMBINED PRB; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; GRANULAR FERRIC HYDROXIDE; HYBRID BARRIER; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; TCE DECHLORINATION; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACES;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875063202     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.059     Document Type: Article

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