EPA/625/8-87/014
September 1987
A
COMPENDIUM OF
TECHNOLOGIES
USED IN THE TREATMENT
OF
HAZARDOUS WASTES
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‘Acknowledgement.
FOREWORD. = 7
PHYSICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES
‘Sedimentation..
Centrifugation ..
Flocculation..
Oil/Water Separation.
Dissolved Air Flotation.
Steam Stripping.
Distillation
Soil Fiushing/Soil Washing
Chelation se
Liquid Extraction...
Supercritical Extraction.
Filtration...
Carbon Adsorption
Reverse Osmosis.
Jon Exchang
Electrodialysis..
(CHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES.
Neutralizatior
Chemical Preci
Chemical Hydrolysis.
Ultraviolet Photolysis.
Chemical Oxidation (Chemical Reduction).
‘Oxidation by Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)
Gzonation..
Alkaline Chiorination
Oxidation by Hypochiorit
Electrolytic Oxidation
Catalytic Dehydrochlorination.
Alkali Metal Dechlorination.....
Atkali Metal/Polyethylene Giycoi (A/PEG)
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