ble bonds (e.g., TCE, PCE, and vinyl chloride), are rapidly destroyed in UV/oxidation processes" (4:2. Emphasis added.)
FMC/Southland Environmental reported applicability of UV/H2O2 to three "types" of chemical-oxygen-demanding industrial wastewaters: Type A (sulfide, thiosulfate, and sulfite wastes); Type B (phenols, cyanides, and amines); and Type C (BTEX, TOCl, and paraffins) (6:2). Keller, Sandall, and Rinker are studying UV/oxidation processes of several types for application to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and other organic gasoline additives ("oxygenates") now found in groundwater (7:1).
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NFESC) has reported applicability of the UV/H2O2 process to the broadest range of organic chemicals: "chlorinated solvents, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, phenolics, fuel hydrocarbons, cyanides, and other hydrocarbons . . ." (8:2). Contaminant concentrations successfully treated with the process have ranged from "a few thousand milligrams per liter [down] to less than 1 microgram per liter [ppb]" (8:2).
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