Steam Stripping Organics from “Fluidized” Soils (versus Confined Soils)
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 124, Issue 4
Abstract
A laboratory comparison is made between the ability to steam strip organic contaminants from soil in the confined state and the ability to do so in the “fluidized” state. The soil used was a 50/50 mixture of beach sand and river silt. It was found that the removal of benzene, toluene, and xylene and dodecane occurred much faster and to a much greater extent in the “fluidized” soil than in the confined soil.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 124 • Issue 4 • April 1998
Pages: 390 - 394
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Copyright © 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 1, 1998
Published in print: Apr 1998
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