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Air Stripping

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Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 4))

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Air stripping is a process by which a liquid, usually water or wastewater, is brought into intimate contact with a gas, usually air, so that some undesirable substances present in the liquid phase can be released and carried away by the gas.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

    Ju-Chang Huang & Chii Shang

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    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  2. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  3. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE

  5. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Nazih K. Shammas PhD

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Huang, JC., Shang, C. (2006). Air Stripping. In: Wang, L.K., Hung, YT., Shammas, N.K. (eds) Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 4. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-029-4_2

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