Experimental investigation on influence of foam mobility on polychlorinated biphenyl removal in foam flushing

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 993-1002

  Wang, Hao ^a,b   Chen, Jiajun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BCECEP LandT Environmental Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

foam flushing; Jamin effect; mobility; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REMEDIATION; SAND; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IN-SITU SOIL REMEDIATION; JAMIN EFFECT; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); REMEDIATION EFFICIENCY; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT FLUSHING;

FOAM CONTROL;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100;

CAPILLARITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOAM; PCB; PERMEABILITY; PHENOL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FLUSHING; FOAM; FOAM FLUSHING; FOAM STABILITY; FOAMING; GAS; LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL REMOVAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REDUCTION; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEEP EFFICIENCY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; MATERIALS TESTING; NITROGEN; OCTOXYNOL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893007290     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.858185     Document Type: Article

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