Air/Superfund National Technical Guidance Study Series. Comparisons of air-stripper simulations and field-performance data. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6775292

Saunders, G L

One of the more common problems noted at Superfund sites is the contamination of ground water by volatile organic compounds (VOCs). One remedial alternative that is used to reduce or remove the VOC contamination from water is air stripping in a tower that uses either packing media or trays. The ability to strip a compound from the water depends on several factors, including the air/water ratio, the packing or tray type, and the Henry's Law value for the compounds of interest. The objective is to remove the VOCs from the water. When being considered for remediation purposes, the air stripper design should be evaluated for removal efficiency and cost of operation. The purpose of the project was to collect available design and operating data on operating air strippers and to input the design and operating parameters into the ASPEN simulator through a user interface program. The results from the ASPEN simulator were compared to the operating data gathered for the sites to determine the relative accuracy of the ASPEN model results when compared with the actual performance data.

• Research Organization: PEI Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6775292
• Report Number(s): PB-90-207317/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CHEMICAL SPILLS
CLEANING
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTROL
COST
DECONTAMINATION
DESIGN
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
FIELD TESTS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MATTER
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SIMULATION
SUPERFUND
TESTING
VOLATILE MATTER
WATER