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Applications of Microwave Treatment of Hazardous Wastes: a) Non-Volatile Organics; b) Heavy Metals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Leonard Dauerman ,
Gabriele Windgasse ,
Huiping Gu ,
Nagui Ibrahim  and
El-Hamy Sedhom
Leonard Dauerman
Affiliation:
Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center (Environmental Protection Agency Research Center) New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102
Gabriele Windgasse
Affiliation:
Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center (Environmental Protection Agency Research Center) New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102
Huiping Gu
Affiliation:
Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center (Environmental Protection Agency Research Center) New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102
Nagui Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center (Environmental Protection Agency Research Center) New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102
El-Hamy Sedhom
Affiliation:
Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Center (Environmental Protection Agency Research Center) New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102
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Abstract

This laboratory is characterizing the mechanisms underlying the potential applications of microwave treatment to the remediation of hazardous waste streams under an Environmental Protection Agency Basic Research grant. Applications that have been investigated encompass the following processes(1-14): volatilization of organics from substrates; ‘chemical fixation’ of non-volatile organics in substrates; ‘chemical fixation’ of heavy metals in substrates; kinetics of decomposition of organics in the gas phase using fixed and ‘lossy’ beds. To-date the work has been carried out on a bench-scale level. Pilot plant studies are now beginning. This paper will focus on studies carried out on non-volatile organics and heavy metals, specifically, chromium.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 189: Symposium L – Microwave Processing of Materials II , 1990 , 61
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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