Use of a reactive transport model to describe reductive dechlorination (RD) as a remediation design tool: Application at a CAH-contaminated site

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1514-1527

  Viotti, Paolo ^a   Di Palma, Paolo Roberto ^a   Aulenta, Federico ^b   Luciano, Antonella ^c   Mancini, Giuseppe ^d   Papini, Marco Petrangeli ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorinated ethanes; Chlorinated ethenes; Reactive transport model; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANUP; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECHLORINATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRON; ETHYLENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SUBSTRATE;

ITALY;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HALOGENATION; ITALY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891632890     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2035-9     Document Type: Article

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