Removal of PAHs from Creosote Oil Contaminated Soil by Addition of Concentrated H2O2 and Biodegradation
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Tuomo A. Aunola
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Anna Goi
Abstract
This study describes the combined chemical, i.e. modified Fenton’s reaction, and aerobic biological removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in creosote oil contaminated soil. The initial concentration of eight selected PAHs (acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene and chrysene) was 4 g/kg soil. The soil was rich in iron (16.4 g Fe/kg soil) and slightly acidic (pH 5-6). Therefore, no pH adjustment or iron addition was performed. Aged contaminated soil was treated with 30% H2O2 in laboratory-scale, packed soil columns. The chemical treatment removed up to 52% of the total PAHs in the soil. The effect of the chemical treatment on indigenous PAH-degrading bacteria was studied by incubating untreated and H2O2 treated soil. Biodegradation of untreated soil removed up to 36% of the total PAHs. The indigenous PAH-degrading bacteria were able to survive aggressive chemical soil treatment with concentrated H2O2 and the combined chemical-biological treatment decreased the PAH-concentration by 55%.
© 2016 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Preface
- Removal of PAHs from Creosote Oil Contaminated Soil by Addition of Concentrated H2O2 and Biodegradation
- Kinetics of Wet Oxidation Reactions
- Biodegradability Enhancement of Wastewater Containing 4-Chlorophenol by Means of Photo-Fenton
- Experimental and Modelling Approach for the Comparison of Fenton and Electro-Fenton Processes. Preliminary Results
- TiO2/C Photocatalyst Prepared by Ethanol Vapour Treatment of TiO(OH)2
- Effects of Carbon Coating on TinO2n-1 for Decomposition of Iminoctadine Triacetate in Aqueous Solution under Visible Light
- Hybrid Plasma-Catalyst System for the Removal of Trichloroethylene in Air
- Photocatalytic Oxidation of Emerging Contaminants: Kinetics and Pathways for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Pharmaceutical Compounds
- Photocatalytic Degradation of four Textile Azo Dyes in Aqueous TiO2 Suspensions: Practical Outcomes and Revisited Pathways
- Decolouration of Dye Solutions Using Photoelectrocatalysis and Photocatalysis
- Aged Raw Landfill Leachate: Membrane Fractionation, H2O2/UV Treatment and Molecular Size Distribution Analysis
- Electrochemical Treatment of Trace Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals with a Three-Dimensional Electrode System
- Semiconductor Mediated Photocatalysed Degradation of a Pesticide Derivative, Acephate in Aqueous Suspensions of Titanium Dioxide
- Hexavalent Chromium Remediation by Bore-Hole Placed Reduction Barriers and Monitored Natural Attenuation
