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Title: Treatment of industrial process effluents and contaminated groundwater using the Biological Granular Activated Carbon-Fluidized Bed Reactor (GAC-FBR) process: Volume 1. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:649997

In 1992, Congress allocated funds for development of expertise in applied environmental bioremediation restoration technology including work on process integration, scale-up and demonstration of the Granular Activated Carbon-Fluidized Bed Reactor (GAC-FBR) process. Specific targets included the treatment of chlorinated solvents, nitrated compounds and aromatic hydrocarbons. The goal of this SERDP funded project was to conduct experimental work at the bench-scale through field demonstration using the GAC-FBR as the platform for degradation of these compounds of concern. The results are presented of a three-year program designed to test and demonstrate the GAC-FBR process for a number of problem wastewaters facing the US Armed Forces. Both laboratory-pilot and field demonstrations using small commercial scale GAC-FBR systems were conducted.

Research Organization:
EFX Systems, Inc., Lansing, MI (United States); Michigan Biotechnology Inst. International, Lansing, MI (United States)
OSTI ID:
649997
Report Number(s):
AD-A-348453/XAB; TRN: 82430866
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 30 Sep 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English