Removal of high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil by biodiesel

doi:10.1007/s11783-010-0269-z

Front Envir Sci Eng Chin

2010, Vol. 4

Issue (4) : 387-394 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-010-0269-z

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Removal of high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil by biodiesel

Jinbao WU^1,2,3, Zongqiang GONG¹, Liyan ZHENG⁴, Yanli YI³, Jinghua JIN⁵, Xiaojun LI¹, Peijun LI¹(

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1. Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; 2. Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China; 3. Soil and Environment College, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang 110161, China; 4. No. 202 Hospital of PLA, China; 5. Environmental Protection Research Institute of Light Industry, Beijing 100089, China

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Abstract

Solubilizing experiments were carried out to evaluate the ability of biodiesel to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from highly contaminated manufactured gas plant (MGP) and PAHs spiked soils with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPCD) and tween 80 as comparisons. Biodiesel displayed the highest solubilities of phenanthrene (420.7 mg·L^-1), pyrene (541.0 mg·L^-1), and benzo(a)pyrene (436.3 mg·L^-1). These corresponded to several fold increases relative to 10% HPCD and tween 80. Biodiesel showed a good efficiency for PAH removal from the spiked and MGP soils for both low molecular weight and high molecular weight PAHs at high concentrations. Biodiesel was the best agent for PAH removal from the spiked soils as compared with HPCD and tween 80; as over 77.9% of individual PAH were removed by biodiesel. Tween 80 also showed comparable capability with biodiesel for PAH solubilization at a concentration of 10% for the spiked soils. Biodiesel solubilized a wider range of PAHs as compared to HPCD and tween 80 for the MPG soils. At PAH concentrations of 229.6 and 996.9 mg·kg^-1, biodiesel showed obvious advantage over the 10% HPCD and tween 80, because it removed higher than 80% of total PAH. In this study, a significant difference between PAH removals from the spiked and field MGP soils was observed; PAH removals from the MGP soil by HPCD and tween 80 were much lower than those from the spiked soil. These results demonstrate that the potential for utilizing biodiesel for remediation of highly PAH-contaminated soil has been established.

Keywords polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) biodiesel soil removal solubilization

Corresponding Author(s): LI Peijun,Email:lipeijun@iae.ac.cn

Issue Date: 05 December 2010

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Jinbao WU,Zongqiang GONG,Liyan ZHENG, et al. Removal of high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil by biodiesel[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng Chin, 2010, 4(4): 387-394.

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Fig.1

Solubilities of phenanthrene, pyrene, and benzo(a)pyrene in different concentrations of solubilizing agents after 1 day equilibration with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) crystals. Sample number= 4, error bar= 1 standard deviation, and the absence of error bars in some data indicates very low standard deviation values

Fig.2

Removals of phenanthrene, pyrene, and benzo(a)pyrene from spiked soils by solubilizing agents. (a) s1; (b) s2. Sample number= 4, error bar= 1 standard deviation, and the absence of error bars in some data indicates very low standard deviation values

Fig.3

Removals of individual PAHs from MGP soils by solubilizing agents. (a) MGP A; (b) MGP B; (c) MGP C. Sample number= 4, error bar= 1 standard deviation, and the absence of error bars in some data indicates very low standard deviation values

Fig.4

Removals of total PAHs from MGP soils. Sample number= 4, error bar= 1 standard deviation, and the absence of error bars in some data indicates very low standard deviation values

Tab.1

Representative chemical and physical characteristics of the manufactured gas plant soil (MGP) and control soil

Tab.2

Original concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the MGP soils

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