Emerging technology report: Bench-scale testing of photolysis, chemical oxidation, and biodegradation of PCB contaminated soils, and photolysis of TCDD contaminated soils. Report for August 1991-June 1994

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:6862277

Alperin, E; Root, D K

Bench-scale tests were conducted to investigate the feasibility of a two phase detoxification process that would have application to the treatment of soils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) abd 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). The first of the process was to degrade the contaminants by using Ultraviolet (UV) radiation facilitated by the addition of a surfactant to mobilize contaminants. Biological degradation, the second step, was then used to further detoxify the soil. Results from UV testing indicated that there was no apparent destruction of the dioxin on the soil. PCB reductions ranged from less than 15% to 69%.

• Research Organization: IT Corp., Knoxville, TN (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6862277
• Report Number(s): PB-95-159992/XAB; CNN: EPA-R-816817-02-0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
BIODEGRADATION
OXIDATION
PHOTOLYSIS
SURFACTANTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
TESTING
540220* - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)