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Prediction of landfarming period using degradation kinetics of petroleum hydrocarbons: test with artificially contaminated and field-aged soils and commercially available bacterial cultures

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Abstract

Purpose

This study predicts the optimal landfarming period for the total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs)-contaminated field soils that are subject to the combined landfarming and Fenton oxidation treatment.

Materials and methods

The TPHs degradation in the artificially contaminated model soils and the field-aged contaminated soils were compared in a laboratory scale. The soils were bioaugmented with the 16 petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading microbial cultures that are commercially available in Korea.

Results and discussion

The TPHs degradation by bioaugmentation in the model soils was 81 ± 2% after 56 days, while it was only 27 ± 2% after 74 days in the field-aged soils. The lower degradation in the field-aged soils can be attributed to the removal of a large part of the biodegradable and volatile TPHs fractions during the weathering process. The two-compartment model that can depict a fast-degradation phase followed by a slow-degradation phase predicted that the remedial goal of 475 mg kg−1 of TPHs could be achieved in the model soils within the conventional landfarming period of 60–120 days in Korea; however, the predicted period for the field-aged soils (710–4,086 days) was not practical requiring a combined biological and chemical treatment approach. Based on the kinetics study, the optimal landfarming period for the field-aged soils was 3 weeks and pre-Fenton oxidation can be used to meet the remedial goal.

Conclusions

The two-compartment model can be useful for predicting landfarming period for the combined landfarming and Fenton oxidation treatment of field-aged TPHs contaminated soils. The prediction of the optimal landfarming period could lead to the reduction in both the treatment cost and period.

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by the Korean Ministry of Environment as the GAIA (Geo-Advanced Innovative Action) Project. The authors acknowledge the Ministry of National Defense for supplying the soil samples from the military bases in Korea and the Korea Environment Corporation and the hydrocarbon-degrading microbial cultures manufacturing companies for supplying the microbial cultures. The authors acknowledge the technical support by the Seoul National University Engineering Research Institute.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, South Korea

    Eun Hea Jho & Kyoungphile Nam

  2. Samsung C&T Corporation, 1327-1 Seocho2-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-858, South Korea

    Hyerim Ryu & Young-Jin Kim

  3. Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, 30 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-350, South Korea

    Doyun Shin

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-4020, USA

    Yong Ju Choi

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Jho, E.H., Ryu, H., Shin, D. et al. Prediction of landfarming period using degradation kinetics of petroleum hydrocarbons: test with artificially contaminated and field-aged soils and commercially available bacterial cultures. J Soils Sediments 14, 138–145 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-013-0786-z

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