Overview of in situ and ex situ remediation technologies for PCB-contaminated soils and sediments and obstacles for full-scale application

HI Gomes, C Dias-Ferreira, AB Ribeiro - Science of the Total Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants used worldwide between
the 1930s and 1980s. Although their use has been heavily restricted, PCB can be found in …

Remediating polluted soils

J Scullion - Naturwissenschaften, 2006 - Springer
This review focuses on treatment-based remediation of soils and the acquisition of data to
support and monitor this remediation. Only in the last two decades has significant progress …

Electronic structure engineering of bimetallic Pd-Au alloy nanocatalysts for improving electrocatalytic hydrodechlorination performance

Y Chen, C Feng, W Wang, Z Liu, J Li, C Liu… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Regulating the electronic structure of Pd catalyst for promoting electrocatalytic
hydrodechlorination is promising but still challenging. Herein, we propose an electronic …

Combined effect of microwave and activated carbon on the remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated soil

X Liu, G Yu - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
The application of microwave and activated carbon for the treatment of polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) contaminated soil was explored in this study with a model compound of 2, 4 …

Solvent extraction for heavy crude oil removal from contaminated soils

X Li, Y Du, G Wu, Z Li, H Li, H Sui - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
A new strategy of heavy crude oil removal from contaminated soils was studied. The hexane–
acetone solvent mixture was used to investigate the ability of solvent extraction technique for …

Ultrasound-assisted cleaning chloride from wastewater using Friedel's salt precipitation

L Zhang, P Lv, Y He, S Li, J Peng, L Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The chloride salt derived from the rare earth smelting wastewater was effectively dislodged
using Friedel's salt precipitation assisted with ultrasonic enhancement. Various single …

Remediation of soils contaminated with pesticides: a review

T Castelo-Grande, PA Augusto, P Monteiro… - … of Environmental and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this work is to address the problem of soil contamination with pesticides and
present a review of the existing techniques for remediation of these types of soils. First, a …

Electrocatalytic hydrodechlorination of 2, 4, 5-trichlorobiphenyl on a palladium-modified nickel foam cathode

B Yang, G Yu, J Huang - Environmental science & technology, 2007 - ACS Publications
Palladium-modified materials have been found to be effective electrodes for the reductive
degradation of chlorinated compounds in aqueous solution. This study investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-assisted soil washing processes using organic solvents for the remediation of PCBs-contaminated soils

D Lee, Y Son - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic soil washing processes using organic solvents were investigated for the
development of novel remediation technologies for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) …

Removal and recovery of chloride ions in concentrated leachate by Bi (III) containing oxides quantum dots/two-dimensional flakes

S Huang, L Li, N Zhu, Z Lou, W Liu, J Cheng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The high concentration of chloride (Cl−) ions in leachate often has negative effects in their
harmless treatments, and the common treatments containing the ion exchange method …