Air/Superfund national technical guidance study series: Estimation of air impacts for air stripping of contaminated water
Analysis of the air impacts associated with the alternatives to cleaning up Superfund sites is frequently required for planning purposes prior to actual cleanup. Such analyses depend on estimates rather than on field measurements. The report provides procedures for estimating the emissions and ambient air concentrations associated with air stripping - a widely used technique for removing volatile organic compounds (VOC) from contaminated water. Procedures are given to evaluate the effect of the concentration of contaminants in water, the stripping efficiency and the stripping rate on the emission rates and on the ambient air concentrations at selected distances from the air stripper. Henry's Law constants are provided for over 130 compounds to assist in determining stripping efficiencies. Health-based action levels are also provided for the 130 compounds for comparison to the estimated ambient air concentrations. Action levels are also expressed in terms of water concentrations using conservative estimates of emissions and dispersion.
- Research Organization:
- Radian Corp., Austin, TX (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5039705
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-211888/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-02-4464
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB91-190975. Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
STRIPPING
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
US SUPERFUND
VOLATILE MATTER
WATER POLLUTION
DIRECT REACTIONS
LAWS
MATTER
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
TRANSFER REACTIONS
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