Lab-scale tests and numerical simulations for in situ treatment of polluted groundwater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 287, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-170

  Careghini, A ^a   Saponaro, S ^a   Sezenna, E ^a   Daghio, M ^b   Franzetti, A ^b   Gandolfi, I ^b   Bestetti, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biobarrier; Gasoline; Groundwater; In situ treatment; MTBE

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TESTING; WATER TREATMENT; XYLENE;

BIOBARRIER; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; GASOLINE-CONTAMINATED; IN-SITU TREATMENT; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MTBE; PHYSICAL CHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; GROUND WATER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; XYLENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INOCULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MOBILITY; MTBE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; SIMULATION; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SIMULATION; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVALUATION STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; OIL SPILL; PROCEDURES; RHODOCOCCUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; METHYL ETHERS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; RHODOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922226286     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.01.028     Document Type: Article

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