Removal of VOCs from Contaminated Groundwater and Soils by Pervaporation LEAD AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency
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PROBLEM STATEMENT: Petroleum hydrocarbons, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are found to contaminate groundwater and soils, are usually treated by pump-and-treat methods, which are very time-consuming, expensive, and not very effective. We are proposing the use of pervaporation for effectively removing these hydrocarbons and VOCs from contaminated soil and groundwater (with or without using surfactants) and concentrating them by at least a thousand-fold, for economical disposal or recycle/reuse using specially designed hydrophobic membranes.
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