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Microwave Treatment of Hazardous Wastes: Physical Chemical Mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Leonard Dauerman ,
Gabriele Windgasse ,
Naihong Zhu  and
Yaoll He
Leonard Dauerman
Affiliation:
The Microwave Treatment of Hazardous Wastes Laboratory The Hazardous Substance Management Research Center New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, N.J. 07102
Gabriele Windgasse
Affiliation:
The Microwave Treatment of Hazardous Wastes Laboratory The Hazardous Substance Management Research Center New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, N.J. 07102
Naihong Zhu
Affiliation:
The Microwave Treatment of Hazardous Wastes Laboratory The Hazardous Substance Management Research Center New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, N.J. 07102
Yaoll He
Affiliation:
The Microwave Treatment of Hazardous Wastes Laboratory The Hazardous Substance Management Research Center New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, N.J. 07102
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Abstract

The objective Is to develop processes to treat hazardous waste streams using microwave treatment. First, physical chemical mechanisms have been posited for a variety, of such waste streams including: soils contaminated with organics, and toxic heavy metals; “spent” GAC; organics in the gas phase. Second, feasibility tests are being carried out to determine if on-site field testing is warranted. In the case of microwave-induced steam distillation of volatile and semivolatile organics, pilot plant stuides indicate that the incident power cost is not prohibitive: that fear of prohibitive power costs has been thought to be the major drawback for micrwave treatment to become a competitive technology in this market.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 269: Symposium L – Microwave Processing of Materials III , 1992 , 465
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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