Journal
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 161, Issue 2-3, Pages 967-973Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.042
Keywords
PAH; Soil; AOPs; Process optimization; Factorial design
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- French government and the Region Lorraine
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico CNPQ
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Fenton's reagent has shown its applicability to oxidizing these biorefractory organic contaminants. The purpose of this contribution was to investigate the influence of operating parameters on the process efficiency for soil highly contaminated by PAHs. Five variables were selected: pH, reaction time, UV irradiation, hydrogen peroxide concentration and Fe (11) amendment. Their effects on the oxidation of (i) phenanthrene and on (ii) phenanthrene and pyrene present in freshly contaminated soil samples were studied through batch reactor experiments following factorial designs. For phenanthrene oxidation run with a soil contaminated at 700 mg kg(-1), one set of variables enabled us to reach a residual concentration lower than 40mg kg(-1) (Dutch legislation threshold). The most important factor was the reaction time, followed at a certain distance by UV irradiation, Fe (II), H2O2 concentration and pH, this last variable being the least significant. The possibility of operating without pH adjustment is of importance in the treatment at the field scale. This shows the feasibility of photo-Fenton-like oxidation for the treatment of soil highly contaminated with PAH and the relative importance of the process variables. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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