Journal
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 287, Issue -, Pages 429-437Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.01.062
Keywords
Complex contamination; Soil flushing; Desorption; Transport; Nonequilibrium model
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- Geo-Advanced Innovative Action Projects [2012000550008/2012000550002]
- Waste to Energy Human Resource Development Project - Ministry of Environment [YL-WE-12-001]
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The removal of heavy metals (Zn and Pb) and heavy petroleum oils (HPOs) from a soil with complex contamination was examined by soil flushing. Desorption and transport behaviors of the complex contaminants were assessed by batch and continuous flow reactor experiments and through modeling simulations. Flushing a one-dimensional flow column packed with complex contaminated soil sequentially with citric acid then a surfactant resulted in the removal of 85.6% of Zn, 62% of Pb, and 31.6% of HPO. The desorption distribution coefficients, K-Ubatch and K-Lbatch, converged to constant values as C-e increased. An equilibrium model (ADR) and nonequilibrium models (TSNE and TRNE) were used to predict the desorption and transport of complex contaminants. The nonequilibrium models demonstrated better fits with the experimental values obtained from the column test than the equilibrium model. The ranges of K-Ubatch and K-Lbatch were very close to those of K-Ufit and K-Lfit determined from model simulations. The parameters (R, beta, omega, alpha, and f) determined from model simulations were useful for characterizing the transport of contaminants within the soil matrix. The results of this study provide useful information for the operational parameters of the flushing process for soils with complex contamination. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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