期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
卷 195, 期 -, 页码 22-30出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.04.026
关键词
Permeable reactive barriers; Zero valent iron; Polyhydroxybutyrate; Chlorinated solvents; Biological reductive dechlorination
资金
- frame of the Industrial Research Project Innovative materials and processes for the application of Permeable Reactive Barriers to the remediation of contaminated groundwaters
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (Legge 297/)
- EDF-Fenice S.p.A.
In this work, the use of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) as a feasible carbon source in a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) was investigated as a strategy for enhancing the performance of zero valent iron ZVI towards chlorinated ethanes, increasing iron reactivity and longevity and enhancing biological reductive processes. Results concerning PHB fermentability under the conditions created by the ZVI reactive zone are presented. Column experiments were performed to verify whether PHB can be anaerobically fermented with the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and H-2, which in turn can be used as electron donors for downstream biological reductive dechlorination. Acetate and butyrate were detected in the effluent of the Fe/PHB-column at concentrations as high as 2500 and 700 mg/L, respectively, confirming that microbially induced PHB hydrolysis and fermentation was readily established without the need for an external inoculum. The formation of high VFA concentrations significantly lowered the pH of the Fe/PHB-column liquid phase with respect to that observed in the presence of only ZVI. The combined effect of the acidic conditions and the dissolved VFA significantly enhanced ZVI reactivity and longevity, likely due to the prevention of passivation of the iron surface by Fe(II) and Fe(III) (hydro)oxide precipitation. As a consequence, TeCA, used as a target parent contaminant, and its byproduct degradation rates were significantly increased, as was the durability of the reactive material. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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