Patent ID: 8282837

Claim:
A system for processing water contaminated with volatile compounds, comprising: a stripping unit including a first inlet for contaminated water, a second inlet for a circulating gaseous medium, and an outlet; wherein the stripping unit is operative to strip volatile compounds from the contaminated water and into said circulating gaseous medium, and for extraction of oxidation products from said circulating gaseous medium; an oxidation unit having an inlet coupled to said stripping unit outlet, to oxidize the volatile compounds stripped into said circulating gaseous medium, and to form oxidation products in said circulating gaseous medium; an outlet from said oxidation unit for said circulating gaseous medium carrying said formed oxidation products coupled to the second inlet of said stripping unit; and a heat regeneration system to preheat said circulating gaseous medium carrying said stripped volatile compounds entering said oxidation unit from said stripping unit, and to cool said circulating gaseous medium carrying said formed oxidation products exiting said oxidation unit.