Kalliat T. Valsaraj

Reports and Monographs

PATENTS:

1. 1K T Valsaraj, K E Thompson, D D Reible and L Yan: Environmental Remediation of Dense Organic Contaminants using Polyaphron Treatments, U.S. Patent # 6,602,024 issued August 5, 2003.



2. L J Thibodeaux, D P Harrison and K T Valsaraj: Cascade Crossflow Tower, U.S. Statutory Invention Registration, H 1206, issued July 6, 1993.

REPORTS, PROCEEDINGS AND MONOGRAPHS

1. 1. "Emission of Hazardous Chemicals from Surface and Near Surface Impoundments to Air" Part A- Surface Impoundments. C. Springer, P.D. Lunney, K.T. Valsaraj an L.J. Thibodeaux. Final Report to the U.S. EPA under Grant No:CR-808161-02, February (1986), 98 pages.



2. "Emission of Hazardous Chemicals from Surface and Near Surface Impoundments to Air" Part B- Landfills. C. Springer, P.D. Lunney, K.T. Valsaraj and L.J. Thibodeaux. Final Report to the U.S. EPA under Grant No: CR-808161-02, February (1986), 71 pages.



3. "In-situ Methods to Control Emissions from Surface Impoundments and Landfills." C. Springer, K.T. Valsaraj and L.J. Thibodeaux. Final Report to U.S. EPA, EPA/600/2-85, October (1985), NTIS No. PB 86-121365.



4. Laboratory Studies of Packed Crossflow Cascades for Air Stripping of Volatile Organics from Groundwater. D.P. Harrison, K.T. Valsaraj and L.J. Thibodeaux. Final Report to Air Force Engineering and Services Center, Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. Report No: ESL-TR-89-55, September (1989), 152 pages.



5. A theoretical evaluation of the effects of dredging on PCB emissions from New Bedford harbor sediment. K T Valsaraj and D D Reible. Final Report to Balsam Environmental Consultants, Inc., Salem, NH, September (1991), 33 pages.



6. Analysis of contaminant migration during in-water disposal of contaminated sediments. D D Reible and K T Valsaraj. Report to the U.S. Army Research Office on project no: DAAL03-86-D-0001, June (1992), 43 pages.



7. Selection and design of a cap for containment of contaminated sediments. G J Thoma, D D Reible, L J Thibodeaux, K T Valsaraj and D Timberlake. Report to EPA on Grant No: CR 820531-0-0, U S Environmental Protection Agency, RREL, Cincinnati, Ohio (1993), 150 pages.



8. "Pollution Abatement and Demilitarization for the Pine Buff Arsenal White Phosphorous and Red Phosphorous Munitions: Survey of Materials and Handling and Disposal Options." C. Springer and K.T. Valsaraj. Report submitted to the Technical Support Division, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, U. S, Army, April (1986), 27 pages.



9. Strengthening the Basic Research Capabilities of the LSU EPA Center of Excellence Hazardous Waste Research Center Analytical Laboratory. L.J. Thibodeaux, R. Segesta and K.T. Valsaraj. Final report to the LA State Board of Regents on project
   No:LEQSF-ENH-ENGR-5, Baton Rouge, LA September (1988).



10. Solvent sublation (floto-extraction) for the removal of low solubility hydrophobic organic compounds from aqueous systems. L J Thibodeaux and K T Valsaraj. Final report to the National Science Foundation on Grant No: BCS 8822835, January (1992).



11. “Transport of colloids from bed sediment” Valsaraj K T, Reible D D and L J Thibodeaux, in Proceedings of the IAWQ First International Specialized Conference on Contaminated Aquatic Sediments - Historical Records, Environmental Impact and Remediation, Milwaukee, WI, June 14 - 16, 1993.



12. “Procedures for selection and design of a cap for in-situ treatment of contaminated sediments” G J Thoma, D D Reible, K T Valsaraj, L J Thibodeaux and D D Timberlake, Proceedings of the EPA RREL Symposium, Cincinnati, OH, April 14-16, 1993.



13. “Associations between polychlorinated biphenyls and suspended soilds in natural waters - An evaluation of the HOC uptake rate by particles paradigm” Thibodeaux L J, Valsaraj K T and Reible D D in Proceedings of the IAWQ First International Specialized Conference on Contaminated Aquatic Sediments - Historical Records, Environmental Impact and Remediation, Milwaukee, WI, June 14 - 16, 1993.



14. “Pollutant fluxes to aquatic systems via coupled biological and physicochemical bed sediment processes” D D Reible, L J Thibodeaux, K T Valsaraj, and J W Fleeger, in Proceedings of the IAWQ First International Specialized Conference on Contaminated Aquatic Sediments - Historical Records, Environmental Impact and Remediation, Milwaukee, WI, June 14 - 16, 1993.



15. Potassium carbonate via flash reforming. K T Valsaraj and J S Smith. Final report to Vicksburg Chemical Company, Vicksburg, MS on project No: 127-10-6186, October (1996).



16. Solvent sublation for industrial wastewater reclamation. K T Valsaraj. Final report to the Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, AIChE, on project no: 127-10-6106, March (1996).



17. “Volatile chemical emissions from contaminated dredged materials: Laboratory measurments and models”, Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association, Nashville, TN, 1996.



18. “Pollutant fluxes to aquatic systems via bed sediment processes” V Popov, L Maranto, K T Valsaraj, D D Reible and L J Thibodeaux, Proceedings of the EPA RREL Research Symposium , Cincinnati, OH, April 1995.



19. “Modeling air emissions from contaminated dredged materials” L J Thibodeaux, K T Valsaraj, D D Reible and J M Brannon, Proceedings of the EPA RREL Research Symposium, Cincinnati, OH, April 1995.



20. “Seepage through dike walls of the Chicago confined disposal facility” D D Reible, S A Savant-Mahliet, L J Thibodeaux, K T Valsaraj and T E Myers, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Dredging and Dredged Material Placement, E Clark McNair, Jr. (Editor) , American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, November 1994, pp. 1490 -1497.



21. “Capping Contaminated Sediments - The theoretical basis and laboratory evidence for chemical containment” L J Thibodeaux, K T Valsaraj and D D Reible, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Dredging and Dredged Material Placement, E Clark McNair, Jr. (Editor) , American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, November 1994, pp. 1001-1008.



22. “So You want to remediate contaminated mud! These are your five choices” L J Thibodeaux, D D Reible and K T Valsaraj, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Dredging and Dredged Material Placement, E Clark McNair, Jr. (Editor), American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, November 1994, pp. 588-596.



23. TCLP characterization of exploration and production wastes in Louisiana. D. D. Reible and K. T. Valsaraj. Final report to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, March (1999).



24. Development of laboratory procedures to predict volatile losses from contaminated sediments. C. B. Price, J. M. Brannon, T. Myers, K. T. Valsaraj, L. Thibodeaux and D D Reible. Environmental Effects of Dredging Technical Notes, EEDP-02-23, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiments Station, Vicksburg, MS, January 1997.



25. De Seze, G, K T Valsaraj, L J Thibodeaux and D D Reible, “Study of the air-sediment partition constant of some polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and dibenzofuran”. Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



26. Valsaraj K T, R Ravikrishna, D Reible, L Thibodeaux, T E Myers, C B Price and J M Brannon, “Air emissions from contaminated sediment and dredged materials”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



27. Shepard A, D D Reible, J Fleeger, K T Valsaraj and L J Thibodeaux, “Fate of pyrene during oligochaete bioturbation”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



28. Choy B, Walsh B, Reible D, Thibodeaux L J and K T Valsaraj, “Effects of vapor diffusion and capillary suction on the transport of volatile NAPL in a sediment column”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



29. Cheah E P S, Walsh B W, Reible D D, Valsaraj K T and Thibodeaux, L J, “ Simulation of soil washing with a surfactant”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



30. Reible D D, F Deng, T T Luong, and K T Valsaraj, “The mobility of pyrene in oil and grease contaminated sediment”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



31. Mohanty, D, Reible D D , Valsaraj K T and Thibodeaux L J, “A Levyflight-random walk model for bioturbation”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



32. Choy B, B Walsh, D D Reible, K T Valsaraj and L J Thibodeaux, “Transport of semi-volatile contaminants in sediments with drying dynamic water saturation profiles”, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment, Alburquerque, NM, April 1997.



33. C B Price, J M Brannon, TE Myers, Valsaraj, KT, Thibodeaux, LJ and DD Reible. Organic matter quality and partitiioning of polychlorinated biphenyls, Environmental Effects of Dredging Technical Notes, EEDP-02-22, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiments Station, Vicksburg, MS, May 1997



34. C. Price, J. Brannon, S. Yost, K. T. Valsaraj, R. Ravikrishna. Volatile losses from exposed sediment. Environmental Effects of Dredging Technical Notes, EEDP-02-24, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiments Station, Vicksburg, MS, May 1998.



35. L J Thibodeaux, D D Reible, K T Valsaraj, “Containment research for contaminated sediment and dredged material management – a review”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Management and Treatment of Contaminated Sediments, US EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C., EPA/625/R-98/001, pages 131-136 August (1998).



36. D D Reible, K T Valsaraj and L J Thibodeaux, “Contaminant loss estimation for the evaluation of sediment management options”, in Pollution Prevention and Environmental Risk Reduction, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual AIChE Meeting, Miami, FL.



37. C. Price, J. Brannon, S. Yost, K. T. Valsaraj, R. Ravikrishna. Volatile losses from aged field sediments. Environmental Effects of Dredging Technical Notes, EEDP-02-26, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiments Station, Vicksburg, MS, January 1999.



38. C. Price, J. Brannon, S. Yost, R. Ravikrishna and K. T. Valsaraj. Prediction of volatile losses from contaminated exposed sediments. Environmental Effects of Dredging Technical Notes, EEDP-02-28, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiments Station, Vicksburg, MS, December 1999.



39. A multimedia model for the effectiveness of environmental dredging, F Sanchez, L J Thibodeaux and K T Valsaraj, Report to the Engineering Research and Development Center, US Army WES, Vicksburg, MS, September 2000.



40. Assessment of air emissions at the US Liquids Exploration and Production land treatment facility, Grand Bois, LA. J H Pardue and K T Valsaraj, Report submitted to the Department of Energy (Petroleum Technology), Bartlesville, OK, December 2000.



41. Review of “Handbook for Estimating Physicochemical Properties of Organic Compounds, by M. Reinhard and A. Drefahl” in Environmental Progress 19(1), 2000.



42. Y Qingzhong, R Ravikrishna, H Lin and K T Valsaraj, “Photodegradation of organic compounds on surfactant-modified titania” Proceedings of the 94th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, Nashville, TN, June 24-28 (2001).



43. K T Valsaraj, R Ravikrishna, H F Lin and Q Yuan, “Mineral Oxides as Reusable Adsorbents for Dilute Waste Water Treatment” Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, June 28-July 6 (2001).



44. L J Thibodeaux, R Ravikrishna and K T Valsaraj “Volatilization Rates from Dredged Material and Soils - Literature Review. Indian Harbor and Canal”, Final Report to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, Contract No: DACW42-012-P-0165, March (2002).



45. R Ravikrishna, S L Yost, C B Price, C A Hayes, K T Valsaraj, J M Brannon and P H Miyares. “Modeling the vapor phase transport of unexploded ordnance compounds (UXOs) through soils”. Final Report No: ERDC/EL TR-02-26 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS (2002).



46. L J Thibodeaux, K T Valsaraj, R Ravikrishna, K Fountain, C L Price, “Investigations of controlling factors for air emissions associated with dredging of Indiana Harbor Canal (IHC) and CDF operations”, Final report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, Report No: ERDC/EL TR-08-17, April (2008).

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