Fundamentals for the thermal remediation of contaminated soils. Particle and bed desorption models

Low-temperature thermal desorption of diesel polluted soil: Influence of temperature and soil texture on contaminant removal kinetics

“…Decay rates (k) are strongly correlated to treatment temperature (Fig. 5) temperature for all soils due to the nature of the process [8][9][10]. Linear correlation between k and T was also observed by Smith et al [28] and by Tse and Lo [13] who investigated the effect of temperature on decay rate for PAHs and PCPs polluted soils respectively, whereas an exponential relationship was observed by Uzgiris et al [12] who studied the removal process of PCBs contaminants from the soils.…”

“…Several studies on thermal desorption treatment have been performed in order to understand the fundamentals of contaminant release [8][9][10] and to investigate the effects of process physical parameters on the remediation efficiency of hydrocarbon contaminants such as PCBs [11,12], PCPs [13], chlorinated solvents [14,15], and PAHs [16,17]. Temperature, treatment time and soil characteristics have been identified as key factors of remedial processes.…”

Control of Toxic Metal Emissions from Combustors Using Sorbents: A Review

“…Several studies in the following areas have examined this phenomenon: soils and solid wastes, [36][37][38][39][40] coal, 41,42 mechanistic description of inorganic aerosol formation during suspension heating, 43,44 different waste matrices, 35 and incinerators. 146 Equilibrium calculations provide a quick estimate of the final forms of the metal in the combustor.…”

Effect of temperature on the release of hexadecane from soil by thermal treatment

“…Several independent analyses to understand the fundamentals of contaminant release from soils have been performed [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and different laboratory and pilot-scale devices have been used to obtain data. Recently, Mechati et al [11] have studied the thermal desorption process using an industrial pilot-scale unit.…”