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DISCUSSION ON
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL METHODS
A. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT
Advantages of
physicochemical
treatment
Air- stripping
Soil-vapour
extraction
Carbon adsorption
Steam-stripping
1) Contaminants can
be extracted without
the need for
excavation or the
injection of
compounds required
for in-situ chemical
oxidation or
bioremediation.
1) Capture volatile
organic in gaseous
mixtures.
1) Capable of destroying a
wide range of organic
molecules and inorganic
wastes.
Steam-stripping
1) The steam
stripping process
requires some type
of air pollution
control (APC)
mechanism to
eliminate toxic
emission.
2) Manpower requirements
are low.
Air- stripping
1) This process is
temperature dependent so
Disadvantages that stripping efficiency can
of physicobe impacted by changes in
chemical
ambient temperature and
treatment
the presence of suspended
solids may reduce efficiency.
2) Only effective for volatile
organics.
references: U.S EPA
Soil-vapour
extraction
1) High treatment
cost.
2) Treat single-phase
aqueous organic wastes
with high molecular
weight and boiling point
and low polarity and
solubility, chlorinated
hydrocarbons and
aromatics.
Carbon adsorption
1) Limitations are
usually economic and
relate to the rapidity
with which the carbon
becomes spent.
B. BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Advantages of
biological
treatment
C. THERMAL METHOD
Advantages of
thermal
method
Advantages of
stabilization
and
solidification