Jj. Brown et al., APPLYING MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY TO AIR STRIPPING EFFLUENT FOR REMEDIATION OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATED WITH VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS, Hazardous waste & hazardous materials, 10(3), 1993, pp. 335-345
Remediation groundwater contaminated by volatile organic compounds (VO
Cs) requires cost- and technically-effective solutions. This paper rev
iews the options for VOC removal from remediation air streams, focusin
g on membrane separation. The basic separation science and technology,
results of performance tests, and results of cost studies for membran
e separation are presented. Competing technologies are discussed and c
ompared with membrane separation. Membrane separation combined with ai
r stripping will provide an economically and environmentally safe tech
nology for remediation of VOC-contaminated groundwater and, as it matu
res, may become the preferred method.