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Springer Emerging Technologies In Hazardous Waste Management 7 1998 Edition by D. William Tedder Frederick G. Pohland
TheI&ECSYMPOSIUMfromwhichthisvolumewasderivedfeatured519presen- tationsat88technicalsessionsduringathree-daymeetingonSeptember17-20 1996in BirminghamAlabamawith580registrants. Thefinalselectionsforthechaptersincluded hereinwerebasedonpeerreviewscientificmerittheeditors'perceptionsoflastingvalue orinnovativefeatures andthegeneralapplicabilityofeitherthetechnologyitselforthe scientificmethodsandscholarlydetailsprovidedbytheauthors. Thevolume isacontinuationofathemeinitiatedin 1990. ItspredecessorsEmerg- ing Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management ACS Symposium Series No. 422 (1990) EmergingTechnologiesinHazardous WasteManagementIIACSSymposiumSe- ries No. 468 (1991) Emerging Technologies in Hazardous WasteManagement III ACS SymposiumSeriesNo. 518(1993) EmergingTechnologiesinHazardous WasteManage- mentIV ACSSymposium Series No. 554 (1994)Emerging Technologies in Hazardous WasteManagement V. ACSSymposiumSeriesNo. 607(1995) andEmergingTechnolo- gies in Hazardous Waste Management VI American AcademyofEnvironmental Engi- neersPublication (1996) arerelatedcontributionsonhazardouswastemanagementbut eachvolumeisessentiallydifferent.Byinspectionthereadermayquicklyrecognizethis diversityandalsoconcludethatnosinglevolumecandojusticetothebreadthanddepth oftechnologiesbeingdevelopedandappliedinpractice. Thecontributionspresented in thisvolumearedivided intofourseparatebutcom- plementary sections including: (1) Chemical and Thermal Treatment; (2) Biochemical Treatment;(3)SeparationTechnologies;and(4)RadioactiveWasteTreatment. D. WilliamTedder FrederickG. Pohland GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology UniversityofPittsburgh Atlanta Georgia30332-0100 PittsburghPennsylvania15261-2294 v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Division ofACS organized and sponsored the symposium. ACS Corporate Associates was a majorfinancial cosponsor; theAmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineers(AIChE)EnvironmentalSciencesDivision theAIChECenterforWasteReductionTechnologiestheAmericanAcademyofEnviron- mental EngineersandtheJointAssociationfor theAdvancementsofSupercriticalFluid Technologywerenominalcosponsors;andEnviroExpocositedanexhibition. Thisgener- osity was essential to the overall successofthe symposium and is gratefully acknow- ledged. vii CONTENTS I. EmergingTechnologiesinHazardousWasteManagementVII:AnOverview...FrederickG.PohlandandD. WilliamTedder ChemicalandThermalMethods 2. GranularIronOxideasaCatalystinChemicalOxidationofOrganic Contaminants...9 MiratD. GurolShu-SungLinandNileshBhat 3. AnElectronBeamGeneratedPlasmaReactorforDecompositionof HalogenatedVOCs 23 S. A. Vitale K. HadidiD. R. Cohn L. BrombergandP. Falkos 4. IncinerationandThermalTreatmentofChemicalAgentsandChemicalWeapons 33 F. C. GouldinandE. M. Fisher 5. PredictingStabilityConstantsofVariousChelatingAgentsUsingQSAR Technology 49 R. W. OkeyS. LinandP. K. A. Hong 6. MineralizationofHazardousChemicalsbyHemeReaction ...69 GuyoungKangJimoJungKapsongParkandDavidK. Stevens BiochemicalTreatment 7. AnaerobicTransformationsofCarbonTetrachloride:CombinedBacterialand AbioticProcesses 81 FlynnW. PicardalSanggooKimAnnaRadueandDeberaBackhus 8. BiorecoveryofMetalsfromAcidMineDrainage...91 RakeshGovindUmaKumarRamaPuligaddaJimmyAntiaand HenryTabak ix x Contents 9. BiotreatmentofMinewater-ContainingCyanidesbyUsingImmobilizedCell Technology 103 Onguri K. VijayaG. R. V. BabuJackAdamsJamesH. Wolframand KiritD. Chapatwala 10. Augmentationofin-SituSubsoilRemediationUsingColloidalGasDispersions 113 P. G. ChaphalkarK. T. ValsarajD.Roy W. D. ConstantandP. Lee 11. EffectofSorptionontheMicrobialReductiveDechlorinationofSoil-Bound Chloroalkenes 127 SpyrosG. PavlostathisandPingZhuang SeparationTechnologies 12. TheRemovalofVOCsfromExhaustAirandVapourCondensatesby MembraneProcesses ... Table of contents : Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management VII: An Overview; F.G.Pohland D.W. Tedder. Chemical and Thermal Methods: Granular Iron Oxide as a Catalyst in Chemical Oxidation of Organic Contaminants; M.D. Gurol et al. An Electron Beam Generated Plasma Reactor for Decomposition of Halogenated VOCs; S.A. Vitale et al. Incineration and Thermal Treatment of Chemical Agents and Chemical Weapons; F.C. Gouldin E.M. Fisher. Biochemical Treatment: Anaerobic Transformations of Carbon Tetrachloride: Combined Bacteria and Abiotic Processes; F.W. Picardal et al. Biorecovery of Metals from Acid Mine Drainage; R. Govind et al. Separation Technologies: The Removal of VOCs from Exhaust Air and Vapor Condensates by Membrane Processes; H. Chmiel et al. Electrochemical Recovery of EDA and Heavy Metals from Washing of Metal Contaminated Soil; S.B. Martin et al. Removal and Treatment of Radioactive Organochlorine and Heavy Metal Contaminants from Solid Surfaces; S.A. Grieco et al. Electrolytic Decontamination of Conductive Materials for Hazardous Waste Management; D.E. Wedman et al. 7 Additional Articles. Index.