Volumetric scale-up of smouldering remediation of contaminated materials

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-60

  Switzer, Christine ^a   Pironi, Paolo ^b   Gerhard, Jason I ^c   Rein, Guillermo ^b,d   Torero, Jose L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal tar; Contaminant remediation; Petrochemical; Process scale up; Smouldering combustion

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION; CONTAMINATED MATERIALS; FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS; PROCESS SCALE-UP; REMEDIATION EFFICIENCY; SMOULDERING COMBUSTIONS;

COAL TAR; EXPERIMENTS; PETROCHEMICALS; POROUS MATERIALS;

POLLUTION;

COAL TAR; PETROCHEMICAL AGENT;

AIRFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HETEROGENEITY; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; COMBUSTION; COOLING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOISTURE; PERFORMANCE; SCALE UP; SMOULDERING REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY;

COAL TAR; CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION; PETROCHEMICAL; PROCESS SCALE-UP; SMOULDERING COMBUSTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; PILOT PROJECTS; POROSITY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84892865371     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.11.053     Document Type: Article

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