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Efficiency of diesel-contaminated soil washing with different tween 80 surfactant concentrations, pH, and bentonite ratios

Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 214, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113830

Keywords

Diesel; Tween 80; Surfactant -enhanced soil washing; Bentonite

Funding

  1. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2020H1D3A1A04106215]
  2. Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute - Korean Ministry of Environment [2020002480007]
  3. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [2020H1D3A1A04106215]
  4. Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute - Korean Ministry of Environment [2020002480007]
  5. National Research Foundation of Korea [2020H1D3A1A04106215] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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The use of Tween 80 for soil washing is effective in removing diesel contamination, with 1.5% [TW80] solution exhibiting the best results. The efficiency of diesel removal in soil with bentonite is lower due to the increased adsorption sites provided by the bentonite.
Soil contaminated with diesel fuel is a hazard to the environment and people; therefore, it needs to be reme-diated. Soil washing enhanced with Tween 80 (TW80), non-toxic and non-ionic surfactant, can effectively remove diesel from contaminated soils. In this study, the effects of 0.01%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5% (v/v) [TW80] concentrations; 0%, 5%, and 15% (w/w) bentonite; and variation in pH on washing efficiency were examined in a batch test. The prepared samples were physiochemically characterized on the basis of particle size, zeta potential, cation exchange capacity (CEC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis. When the bentonite content in soil was 5% or 15%, 1.5% [TW80] solution exhibited the highest washing efficiency. The diesel removal efficiencies in soil with 0% bentonite were slightly higher than those in soils with 5% and 15% bentonite because of the increase in adsorption sites by bentonite; consequently, diesel could not be easily washed out. The extracted n-alkanes showed that the percentage of carbon number 20 was higher than that of the other even-numbered carbons in the retained washed samples analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In all the washing tests, the diesel removal effi-ciencies in soil with 15% bentonite and 0.1% [TW80] were lower than those in soil with 15% bentonite and water because of adsorption. The bentonite samples washed with TW80 have different morphologies, with a voluminous structure composed of the fusion of all layered structures, as supported by SEM results. Changes in the diesel content and residual TW80 content in the soil before and after washing were shown by the carbon content in the EDS results. The mechanism of the washing effect was investigated by CEC and zeta potential measurements. This study may aid in selecting appropriate conditions for improving washing efficiencies in future field applications.

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