Closed-Loop Recovery of Site Remediation Gas Phase Contaminants |
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| Authors: | Domenic Grasso George E Hoag Heide-Marie Dudek |
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| Institution: | Departments of Civil and Chemical Engineering and The Environmental Research Institute The University of Connecticut , Storrs , Connecticut , USA |
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| Abstract: | A novel gas phase treatment system (contaminant absorption and recovery CAR]) for removal and subsequent recycling of gas phase VOCs from soil vapor extraction/gas stripping systems has been developed. Gas phase removal efficiencies using a packed column contactor exceed 99 percent The VOC-laden absorption fluid is subsequently vacuum-stripped of the VOCs, allowing potential condensation into liquid solvent concentrates. Partition coefficients for trichloroethylene (TCE) in triethylene glycol (TEG) ranged to ca. 5.0 mole fraction gas/mole fraction liquid, indicating a significant capacity for removal from the gas phase. Results of pilot-scale operation indicate favorable removal efficiencies and cost-effective performance in comparison to GAC or thermal destruction processes. System mass transfer coefficient predictions were done, using a variety of mathematical models and compared to experimental results. A modified Mangers and Ponten correlation was found to describe system mass transfer coefficients well. The impact of water carry-over on TCE/TEG partitioning was found to be significant. The standard change in entholpy (ΔH°) and the standard change in volume (ΔV°) values were also calculated, and predictions of temperature and pressure on system performance were evaluated. |
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