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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"sustainable remediation"”.
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Remedial options analysis : sustainable remediation of residential heating oil contamination
Heating oil remediation typically includes excavating and transporting contaminated soils to an off-site disposal facility, resulting in a large carbon footprint. This paper evaluates, on a preliminary basis, whether heating oil contamination can be remediated more sustainably and discusses the …
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Combining phytoremediation with bioenergy production; exploring options for sustainable remediation
… has been proposed as a cost-effective means of remediation, especially when augmented with plant growth promoting bacteria and utilizing energy crops for this process is a useful way of attaining sustainable added value from the process. The focus of this research was to examine phytoremediation …
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Advanced phytoremediation using soil solarization enhanced with biosurfactant as a novel approach for sustainable remediation of contaminated land in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
… to study soil solarization integration with phytoremediation enhanced with biosurfactant as a sustainable remediation option to hydrocarbon contaminated land and to evaluate sustainability feasibility in the Niger Delta contaminated land clean-up. A pilot study showed that native C. odorata, …
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An analysis of a sustainability multi-critera analysis tool at contaminated sites in the north.
Sustainable remediation aims to address the legacy of poor past environmental practices without further impacting the environment. A sustainable decision support tool is under development to guide the selection of sustainable remediation technologies at federal contaminated sites such that …
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Degradation of hydrocarbon components in mix/bury/cover drilling waste using the white rot fungi Pleurotus ostreatus
… using standard dig and dump methods. A sustainable remediation method using mycoremediation, a form of bioremediation using Pleurotus ostreatus (P.ostreatus), was carried out. The experiment was run in a factorial design and consisted of various levels of amendments, which include …
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Comparison of Potential Bioavailable Organic Carbon and Microbial Characterization of Two Carbon Amended Sites
Enhanced Reductive Bioremediation (ERB) is a sustainable remediation technology for the in situ treatment of chlorinated solvent contamination in aquifers. However, monitoring efforts employed to measure performance metrics rely on inferences of the subsurface environment from water samples …
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Biogeophysical approaches to monitoring contaminated and restored sites
… attributes – making them good candidates as sustainable monitoring tools. There is promise for transfer of these approaches to monitor and eventually help design biological systems such as wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion, and contaminated land technologies. One of the main interests …
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Characteristics and mechanisms of atrazine sorption to biochar for land remediation
… environmental benefits. It may be an effective remediation tool when used as a soil amendment. This thesis investigates the mechanisms through which biochar can immobilise atrazine, and the implications of the mechanisms for remediating contaminated land. Nine biochar samples were obtained from …
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New technology for thermal desorption feeding with concentrating solar power (csp) system [Nuove tecnologie per il desorbimento termico alimentato con solare a concentrazione]
In questa tesi di dottorato vengono riportate le attività di ricerca incentrate sulla valutazione del Desorbimento Termico (DT) come tecnologia di bonifica di suoli e sedimenti contaminati, con particolare attenzione all'integrazione di fonti energetiche rinnovabili nel processo. Indagini di …