Electron Beam Technology for Environmental Pollution Control.
Worldwide, there are over 1700 electron beam (EB) units in commercial use, providing an estimated added value to numerous products, amounting to 100 billion USD or more. High-current electron accelerators are used in diverse industries to enhance the physical and chemical properties of materials and to reduce undesirable contaminants such as pathogens, toxic byproducts, or emissions. Over the past few decades, EB technologies have been developed aimed at ensuring the safety of gaseous and liquid effluents discharged to the environment. It has been demonstrated that EB technologies for flue gas treatment (SO x and NO x removal), wastewater purification, and sludge hygienization can be effectively deployed to mitigate environmental degradation. Recently, extensive work has been carried out on the use of EB for environmental remediation, which also includes the removal of emerging contaminants such as VOCs, endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and potential EDCs.
Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland.
Andrzej G
AG
Chmielewski
EB TECH Co., Ltd., Daejeon, Republic of Korea. bshan@eb-tech.com.
Bumsoo
B
Han
D000818:Animals; D055984:Cathode Ray Tube; D004583:Electrons; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D006376:Helminths / Q000528:radiation effects; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry; D013461:Sulfur Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D012722:Sewage; D013461:Sulfur Oxides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
Electron accelerator; Electron beam (EB); Environmental pollution; Flue gas; Pollution control; Radiation Processing; Radical reaction; Radiolysis product; Sludge treatment; Wastewater treatment