Air strippers and their emissions control at Superfund sites. Technical report, February-April 1987

Blaney, B L; Branscome, M

Title: Air strippers and their emissions control at Superfund sites. Technical report, February-April 1987

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Air stripping, a traditional means of making slightly contaminated ground water potable, is being applied increasingly to more-severe groundwater pollution at remedial action sites. Concentrations of volatile and semivolatile compounds at such sites may reach hundreds of parts per million. As a result, several changes have resulted in air-stripping technology. New air stripping technologies are being employed to achieve very high (>99% removal of volatile compounds and to increase the removal of semivolatiles. New stripper designs are being investigated for compactness and mobility. In addition, emissions controls are being added because air-pollution impacts are larger. The paper discusses these trends and provides examples from ground-water cleanup at remedial-action sites in the United States.

Authors:: Blaney, B L; Branscome, M

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

Research Org.:: Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 7096435

Report Number(s):: PB-88-239082/XAB

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; SUPERFUND; REMEDIAL ACTION; AERATION; PROGRESS REPORT; CONTROL; DOCUMENT TYPES; EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LAWS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION LAWS; WATER; 520200* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 500200 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

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