Organic contaminants in soils and

The MelDAS technology is a modified incineration process in which high temperatures destroy organic contaminants in soil and concentrate metals into fly ash. Details of the metals immobilization process can vary based on the specific application, but the essential steps are to combine the toxic-metal containing material with the appropriate amount of sorbent, to form this mixture into pellets or briquets placing the metal compounds into intimate contact with the sorbent, and to heat treat the pellets causing a reaction to form nonleachable metal compounds. The MelDAS process requires a sorbent. 

Reductive Dehalogenation of Organic Contaminants in Soils and Ground Water... 

The fate of organic contaminants in soils and sediments is of primary concern in environmental science. The capacity to which soil constituents can potentially react with organic contaminants may profoundly impact assessments of risks associated with specific contaminants and their degradation products. In particular, clay mineral surfaces are known to facilitate oxidation/reduction, acid/base, polymerization, and hydrolysis reactions at the mineral-aqueous interface (1, 2). Since these reactions are occurring on or at a hydrated mineral surface, non-invasive spectroscopic analytical methods are the preferred choice to accurately ascertain the reactant products and to monitor reactions in real time, in order to determine the role of the mineral surface in the reaction. Additionally, the in situ methods employed allow us to monitor the ultimate changes in the physico-chemical properties of the minerals. 

Reichenauer TG, Germida JJ (2008) Phytoremediation of organic contaminants in soil and groundwater. ChemSusChem 1 708-717... 

Apart from its use in studies of nitrogen fixation, N-labeled substrates have been used to assess the association of contaminants with organic matter in soil, and in metabolism. 

Introduction to Organic Contaminants in Soil Concepts and Risks... 

Sediments can also serve as potential exposure routes for aquatic food chains through the bioaccumulation of contaminants by benthic organisms. The potential of sediment contaminants to expose organisms in sediments and the water column is determined by their bioavailability. The bioavailability or bioaccessibility of nonpolar organic contaminants is determined by how strongly they are bound to organic matter in soil and sediment [31, 32]. This fact should be taken into account in a realistic assessment of the environmental risks of these contaminants (Fig. 13). 

Contaminants in soils and sediments can be adsorbed on to inorganic minerals such as clays and metal oxides, notably hydrated iron oxide, FeOOH and manganese dioxide, Mn02, or adsorbed on to organic matter such as humic... 

Kaplan, I. R., 1992, Characterizing Petroleum Contaminants in Soil and Water and Determining Source of Pollutants In Proceedings of the American Petroleum Institute Conference on Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water Prevention, Detection and Restoration, pp. 3-18. 

Air sparging was used to perform a pilot test at an audio equipment manufacturing facility. The release site was an open nearby area where paint shop wastes had been discharged into the subsurface via a dry well over a 9-year period. Previous initial studies confirmed organic and inorganic contaminants in soil and groundwater. 

Schofield RK, Samson HR (1954) Flocculation of kaolinite due to the attraction of opposite charged crystal faces. Discuss Faraday Soc 18 135-145 Schofield RK, Samson HR (1953) The defiocculation of kaolinite suspensions and the accompanying change-over from positive to negative chloride adsorption. Clay Miner BuU 2 45-51 Schulten HR (2001) Models of humic structures association of humic acids and organic matter in soils and water. In Qapp CE et al. Humic substances and chemical contaminants. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wl, pp 73-88... 

Litz N, Blume H-P. 1989. [Behaviour of organic chemicals in soils and a prognosis after a contamination.] Z Kulturtechnik Landentwicklung 30(6) 355-364. (German)... 

Soil slurry-sequencing batch reactor (SS-SBR) is a technology for the biological treatment of organic contaminants in soil. The technology has been evaluated in full-scale field tests but is not commercially available. The SS-SBR system consists of a set of tanks operated on a fill-and-draw basis. Each tank is filled during a discrete period of time and operated as a batch reactor. According to the vendor, reaction times are on the order of days. 

CF Systems extraction process removes a broad range of contaminants and typically extracts more than 99% of the organic contaminants from the waste feed. However, the CF Systems process cannot remove heavy metals or other inorganics. Also, the CF Systems process does not destroy the organic contaminants in soil or waste but rather extracts them from the medium in which they are contained. 

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