Economic Evaluation of Air Stripping to Remove Volatile Organic Compounds from Water.

Abstract

This report documents the results of a study conducted to provide a basis for estimating the costs of installing and using air stripping to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from water. The air stripping technology was found to be a very economical and efficient method for contaminant removal. The technology is simple, relatively inexpensive to install, and has low labor and maintenance requirements. VOC removal rates range from 90 to 99.99 percent. Estimated costs, in terms of percentage of total production costs, were found to be 40 percent for capital costs, 50 percent for operational costs, and 10 percent for maintenance costs, according to literature sources. Results of a survey conducted during this study generally agree with these percentages, except that maintenance costs reported on the survey were lower due to the highly automated nature of new installations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190376

Entities

People

  • Hany H. Zaghloul
  • Roy O. Ball
  • Stephen W. Maloney

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Databases
  • Drinking Water
  • Ecology
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Protection
  • Gases
  • Groundwater
  • Literature Surveys
  • Mass Transfer
  • Organic Compounds
  • Water Supplies

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Mathematics or Statistics