Air Stripping (Water Treatment)
10/13/25
“How can we use air blowers to remove volatile organic compounds from water?”
Toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) might seep into water during the water cycle. According to Henry’s Law, low air pressure can remove these VOCs from water. So what if we were to push water into a tower with air from a giant air blower coming from the bottom and move it down while exposing as much surface area as possible to the low-pressure air to filter out the VOCs? This is the idea behind Air Stripping, a common method for treating VOCs in human-use water.
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