Use of surfactants and blends to remove DDT from contaminated soils | Zendy

Rios L. E. | Zendy; David M. | Zendy; VazquezArenas J. | Zendy; Anderson W. A. | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Premium

Use of surfactants and blends to remove DDT from contaminated soils

Author(s) -

Rios L. E.,

David M.,

VazquezArenas J.,

Anderson W. A.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the canadian journal of chemical engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1939-019X

pISSN - 0008-4034

DOI - 10.1002/cjce.21620

Subject(s) - pulmonary surfactant , chemistry , leaching (pedology) , soil water , contamination , environmental chemistry , benzene , chromatography , sodium , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , environmental science , soil science , ecology , biochemistry , biology , engineering

Removal of dichloro‐diphenyl‐trichloroethane (DDT) from soils using surfactant‐enhanced solubilisation was studied both in batch and continuous flow arrangements to determine if there were advantages to using a combination of non‐ionic (Tween and Brij) and anionic surfactants. It was observed that the presence of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl benzene sulphonate improved the DDT removal efficiency, but had a potentially negative effect on flow rates in column leaching experiments at concentrations over 0.1%. The potential for re‐use of the surfactant mixture was studied and demonstrated by removing DDT and its metabolites from the surfactant solution using activated carbon. © 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering

This content is not available in your region!

Continue researching here.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research