期刊
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
卷 9, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105668
关键词
Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs); Soil remediation; Persulfate; Thermal activation; Sulfate radicals; Temperature intensification
资金
- SARGA [5507001-182]
- Regional Government of Madrid [S2018/EMT-4317]
- Spanish Ministry of Science [PID2019-105934RB-I00]
- Department of Climate Change and Environmental Education, Government of Aragon
The study aimed to investigate the effect of increasing reaction temperatures and initial oxidant concentrations on the removal of HCHs, finding that higher reaction temperatures and oxidant concentrations can accelerate the oxidation and dechlorination rates of HCHs, reducing the concentration of chlorinated byproducts.
Soils contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) are a legacy of the heavy use of lindane during the 20th century. This pesticide production generated large amounts of residues of other HCH isomers, which were habitually mismanaged. The sediments treated in this work (coming from an old lindane landfill) are an example of this environmental problem of global dimensions. The efficient remediation of these sediments, mainly contaminated with beta-HCH (99 mg kg(-1)) and alpha-HCH (254 mg kg(-1)) isomers, is still a challenge. The thermal activation of persulfate (PS) required excessive reaction times, which could be reduced by optimizing the variables of the process. This study aims to explore the effect of using higher reaction temperatures (35, 45, and 55 degrees C) and initial oxidant concentrations (10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 g L-1). Batch experiments (liquid/soil = 2/1, 100 rpm) were performed to evaluate the influence of these two variables in HCHs abatement, dechlorination degree, generation of intermediate compounds, and oxidant consumption. An increase in the reaction temperature accelerates the pollutant oxidation and dechlorination rate and decreases the concentration of chlorinated byproducts. The initial PS concentration also plays a crucial role in HCHs degradation. At selected operating conditions (55 degrees C, PS = 80 g L-1), a conversion of HCHs around 83% was achieved, without chlorinated byproducts (chlorine balance approximate to 100%) at only 9 days of treatment. A plausible pathway for the degradation of HCHs-polluted soils by thermally activated PS has been proposed from the identified species, involving a scheme of series-parallel reactions.
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