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Shan Y, Yin Y, Wei J, Ma D, Zhan M, Yin Y, Yang L, Jiao W, Wick LY. Mechanisms of heating-electrokinetic co-driven perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) adsorption on zeolite. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 146:264-271. [PMID: 38969454 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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Slow release of emerging contaminants limits their accessibility from soil to pore water, constraining the treatment efficiency of physio-chemical treatment sites. DC fields mobilize organic contaminants and influence their interactions with geo-matrices such as zeolites. Poor knowledge, however, exists on the joint application of heating and electrokinetic approaches on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) transport in porous media. Here, we investigated electrokinetic PFOA transport in zeolite-filled percolation columns at varying temperatures. Variations of pseudo-second-order kinetic constants (kPSO) were correlated to the liquid viscosity variations (η) and elctroosmotic flow velocities (vEOF). Applying DC fields and elevated temperature significantly (>37%) decreased PFOA sorption to zeolite. A good correlation between η, vEOF, and kPSO was found and used to develop an approach interlinking the three parameters to predict the joint effects of DC fields and temperature on PFOA sorption kinetics. These findings may give rise to future applications for better tailoring PFOA transport in environmental biotechnology.
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- Yongping Shan
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Metrology and Measurement Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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Li J, Li F, Tong M, Zhao Z, Xi K, Guo S. Construction of an effective method combining in situ capping with electric field-enhanced biodegradation for treating PAH-contaminated soil at abandoned coking sites. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 922:171209. [PMID: 38408657 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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The simultaneous application of in situ capping and electro-enhanced biodegradation may be a suitable method for ensuring the feasibility and safety of reusing abandoned coking sites. However, the capping layer type and applied electric field pattern may affect the efficiency of sequestering and removing pollutants. This study investigated changes in electric current, soil moisture content and pH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentration, bacterial number, and microbial community structure and metabolic function during soil remediation at abandoned coking plant sites under different applied electric field patterns and barrier types. The results indicated that polarity-reversal electric field was more conducive to maintaining electric current, soil properties, resulting in higher microbial number, community diversity, and functional gene abundance. At 21d, the mean PAH concentrations in contaminated soil, the capping layer's clean soil and barrier were 78.79, 7.56, and 1.57 mg kg-1 lower than those with a unidirectional electric field, respectively. The mean degradation rate of PAHs in the bio-barrier was 10.12 % higher than that in the C-Fe barrier. In the experiment combining a polarity-reversal electric field and a bio-barrier, the mean PAH concentrations in contaminated soil and the capping layer were 706.68 and 27.15 mg kg-1 lower than those in other experiments, respectively, and no PAHs were detected in the clean soil, demonstrating that the combination of the polarity-reversal electric field and the bio-barrier was effective in treating soil at abandoned coking plant sites. The established method of combining in situ capping with electro-enhanced biodegradation will provide technical support for the treatment and reuse of heavily PAH-contaminated soil at abandoned coking plant sites.
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- Jingming Li
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Li J, Li F, Tong M, Guo S. Treatment of PAHs contaminated soil in abandoned industrial site using combined method of improved in situ capping and electrokinetic enhanced-bioremediation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 455:131606. [PMID: 37178532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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In situ capping and bioremediation are common technologies for treating contaminated soil at industrial sites. However, these two technologies have some shortcomings for treating soil heavily contaminated with organic matter, such as the limited adsorption in capping layer and the low biodegradation efficiency. This study proposed the method of an improved in situ capping combined with electrokinetic enhanced-bioremediation, and investigated its feasibility for treating heavily polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soil at an abandoned industrial site. By analyzing the changes in soil properties, PAHs concentration, and microbial community in experiments with voltages of 0, 0.8, 1.2, and 1.6 V cm-1, it was found that improved in situ capping could effectively sequester PAHs migration by adsorption and biodegradation, and electric field could enhance PAHs removal from contaminated soil and bio-barrier. In the experiments with electric field, soil environment under the voltage of 1.2 V cm-1 was more favorable for the growth and metabolism of microorganisms, and the residual PAHs concentrations (19.47 ± 0.76 mg kg-1 and 619.38 ± 20.05 mg kg-1) in the bio-barrier and contaminated soil of experiment with 1.2 V cm-1 were the lowest, which indicated that optimization of the electric field conditions could lead to better effects.
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- Jingming Li
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Zhou M, Li Q, Wang X, Huang Q, Cang L. Electrokinetic combined peroxymonosulfate (PMS) remediation of PAH contaminated soil under different enhance methods. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 286:131595. [PMID: 34293572 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Because of the high hydrophobicity, low volatility, and high sorption capacity of PAHs, their remediation in contaminated soil is challenging. Electrokinetic (EK) enhanced chemical remediation is an emerging dual technology employed in this study, using a new oxidant peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to remediate PAHs contaminated soil. Here, PMS migration under electric field and the remediation efficiency for the PAHs polluted soil were assessed. We observed that the PMS removal efficiencies (59.7%-82.8%) were higher than those with persulfate (PS) (53.9%-78.5%), indicating PMS's superior oxidation capacity for PAHs. Although oxidant PMS can decontaminate PAHs in polluted soils, its removal of PAHs was only 11.0% without the enhanced methods. The enhancements increased the removal efficiency for PAHs from 0.33 to 2.10 times. At fixed catholyte pH of 4, the highest removal efficiency (34.1%) was achieved because it enhanced PMS migration from cathode to anode. These findings suggested that PMS was a potential oxidant for EK remediation, and some enhancements must be applied in EK combined PMS remediation PAHs polluted soil.
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- Mingzhu Zhou
- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, China
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- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Huang Y, He Z, Xu L, Yang B, Hou Y, Lei L, Li Z. Alternating current enhanced bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:47562-47573. [PMID: 33895947 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13942-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this work, bioremediation was applied with sinusoidal alternating current (AC) electric fields to remove petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) for soil remediation. Applying AC electric field with bioremediation (AC+BIO) could efficiently remove 31.6% of the TPH in 21 days, much faster than that in the BIO only system (13.7%) and AC only system (5.5%). When the operation time extended to 119 days, the AC+BIO system could remove 73.3% of the TPH. Applying AC electric field (20-200 V/m) could maintain the soil pH at neutral, superior to the direct current electric field. The maximum difference between soil temperature and the room temperature was 1.9 °C in the AC (50 V/m) +BIO system. The effects of AC voltage gradient (20-200 V/m) on the microorganisms and TPH degradation efficiency by AC+BIO were investigated, and the optimized AC voltage gradient was assessed as 50 V/m for lab-scale experiments. The microbial community structures in the BIO and AC+BIO systems were compared. Although Pseudomonas was the dominant species, Firmicutes became more abundant in the AC+BIO system than the BIO system, indicating their adaptive capacity to the stress of the AC electric field. Real petroleum-contaminated soil was used as a reaction matrix to evaluate the performance of AC+BIO in the field. The initial current density was about 0.2 mA/cm2, voltage gradient was about 20 V/m, and the average TPH degradation rate was 8.1 μg/gdry soil per day. This study provided insights and fundamental supports for the applications of AC+BIO to treat petroleum-polluted soils.
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- Ying Huang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Polytechnic Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310015, China
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- Environmental Science Research & Design Institute of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Quzhou, 32400, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Quzhou, 32400, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Quzhou, 32400, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Quzhou, 32400, China.
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Li F, Guo S, Wu B, Wang S. Pilot-scale electro-bioremediation of heavily PAH-contaminated soil from an abandoned coking plant site. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 244:125467. [PMID: 32050326 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study presents a systematic pilot-scale study on removal of PAHs from the abandoned site of Shenyang former Coking Plant in China (total PAH concentration of 5635.60 mg kg-1 in soil). Three treatments, including the control treatment (without inoculation and electric field), bioremediation (with inoculation), and the electro-bioremediation (with inoculation and electric field), were conducted with a treatment time of 182 days to assess their PAH-removal efficiency. All the treatments were conducted from May to October under natural conditions. Results show that electro-bioremediation enhanced the removal of total PAHs, especially high-ring (>3 rings) PAHs. At 182 days, the degradation extents of total and 4-6-ring PAHs reached 69.1% and 65.9%, respectively, under electro-bioremediation (29.3% and 44.4% higher, respectively, than those under bioremediation alone). After electro-bioremediation, the total toxicity equivalent concentrations of total PAHs and 4-, 5- and 6-ring PAHs reduced 49.0%, 63.7%, 48.2% and 30.1%, respectively. These results indicate that electro-bioremediation not only effectively removed the PAHs but also reduced the health risks of soil in an abandoned coking plant site. In addition, electro-bioremediation with polarity reversal could maintain uniform soil pH, the degradation extent of PAHs and soil microorganism numbers at all sites. The environmental conditions, such as temperature and rainfall, had little influence on the process of electro-bioremediation. These findings suggest that electro-bioremediation may be applied for field-scale remediation of heavily PAH-contaminated soil in abandoned coking plant sites.
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- Fengmei Li
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang, 110016, China
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Shan Y, Qin J, Harms H, Wick LY. Electrokinetic effects on the interaction of phenanthrene with geo-sorbents. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 242:125161. [PMID: 31683161 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Interactions with solid matrices control the persistence and (bio-)degradability of hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOC). Approaches influencing the rate or extent of HOC interactions with matrices are thus longed for. When a direct current (DC) electric field is applied to a matrix immersed in an ionic solution, it invokes transport processes including electromigration, electrophoresis, and electroosmotic flow (EOF). EOF is the surface charge-induced movement of pore fluids. It has the potential to mobilize uncharged organic contaminants and, hence, to influence their interactions with sorbing geo-matrices (i.e. geo-sorbents). Here, we assessed the effects of weak DC electric fields on sorption and desorption of phenanthrene (PHE) in various mineral and carbonaceous geo-sorbents. We found that DC fields significantly changed the rates and extent of PHE sorption and desorption as compared to DC-free controls. A distinct correlation between the Gibbs free energy change (ΔG°) and electrokinetic effects such as the EOF velocity was observed; in case of mineral sorbents EOF limited (or even inhibited) PHE sorption and increased its desorption. In strongly sorbing carbonaceous geo-sorbents, however, EOF significantly increased the rates of PHE sorption and reduced PHE desorption by > 99% for both activated charcoal and exfoliated graphite. Based on our findings, an approach linking ΔG° and EOF velocity was developed to estimate DC-induced PHE sorption and desorption benefits on mineral and carbonaceous sorbents. We conclude that such kinetic regulation gives rise to future technical applications that may allow modulating sorption processes e.g. in response to fluctuating sorbate concentrations in contaminated water streams.
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- Yongping Shan
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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Yang GCC, Huang SC, Jen YS, Tsai PS. Remediation of phthalates in river sediment by integrated enhanced bioremediation and electrokinetic process. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 150:576-585. [PMID: 26733014 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of enhanced bioremediation coupling with electrokinetic process for promoting the growth of intrinsic microorganisms and removing phthalate esters (PAEs) from river sediment by adding an oxygen releasing compound (ORC). Test results are given as follows: Enhanced removal of PAEs was obtained by electrokinetics, through which the electroosmotic flow would render desorption of organic pollutants from sediment particles yielding an increased bioavailability. It was also found that the ORC injected into the sediment compartment not only would alleviate the pH value variation due to acid front and base front, but would be directly utilized as the carbon source and oxygen source for microbial growth resulting in an enhanced degradation of organic pollutants. However, injection of the ORC into the anode compartment could yield a lower degree of microbial growth due to the loss of ORC during the transport by EK. Through the analysis of molecular biotechnology it was found that both addition of an ORC and application of an external electric field can be beneficial to the growth of intrinsic microbial and abundance of microflora. In addition, the sequencing result showed that PAEs could be degraded by the following four strains: Flavobacterium sp., Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Rhodococcus sp. The above findings confirm that coupling of enhanced bioremediation and electrokinetic process could be a viable remediation technology to treat PAEs-contaminated river sediment.
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- Gordon C C Yang
- Center for Emerging Contaminants Research, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC
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Chen T, Sun C. Polychlorinated biphenyls-contaminated soil washing with mixed surfactants enhanced by electrokinetics. Chem Res Chin Univ 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-016-5369-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hassan I, Mohamedelhassan E, Yanful EK, Yuan ZC. A Review Article: Electrokinetic Bioremediation Current Knowledge and New Prospects. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.4236/aim.2016.61006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Qin J, Moustafa A, Harms H, El-Din MG, Wick LY. The power of power: electrokinetic control of PAH interactions with exfoliated graphite. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 288:25-33. [PMID: 25686536 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Exfoliated graphite (EG) exhibits exceptional sorption capacity for petroleum and dissolved hydrocarbons owing to its highly hydrophobic surface and wide pore size distribution. The high price of preparing EG, however, restricts its application. Methods which increase the rate or extent of sorption to EG even further are thus longed for. Here, we assess the effects of weak direct current (DC) fields on the sorption of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene (PHE) to EG. DC applied to an ionic solution in a solid matrix invokes electroosmotic flow (EOF), i.e., the surface charge-induced movement of the solution. EG was exposed to weak DC fields in the presence of dissolved PHE to test if EOF increases transport of PHE to poorly accessible sorption sites. DC fields increased PHE sorption rates in EG sevenfold and reduced the desorption rate of sorbed PHE by >99%. EOF thus appeared to be highly effective in translocating PHE into pores, which contribute most of the sorption sites, but are difficult to access in the absence of EOF by molecular diffusion only. The observed 'power of power' may be used to kinetically regulate the interaction of sorbates with EG or other porous sorbents in environmental (bio-) technology.
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- Jinyi Qin
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Alberta, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Alberta, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; University of Alberta, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada.
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Gill RT, Harbottle MJ, Smith JWN, Thornton SF. Electrokinetic-enhanced bioremediation of organic contaminants: a review of processes and environmental applications. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 107:31-42. [PMID: 24875868 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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There is current interest in finding sustainable remediation technologies for the removal of contaminants from soil and groundwater. This review focuses on the combination of electrokinetics, the use of an electric potential to move organic and inorganic compounds, or charged particles/organisms in the subsurface independent of hydraulic conductivity; and bioremediation, the destruction of organic contaminants or attenuation of inorganic compounds by the activity of microorganisms in situ or ex situ. The objective of the review is to examine the state of knowledge on electrokinetic bioremediation and critically evaluate factors which affect the up-scaling of laboratory and bench-scale research to field-scale application. It discusses the mechanisms of electrokinetic bioremediation in the subsurface environment at different micro and macroscales, the influence of environmental processes on electrokinetic phenomena and the design options available for application to the field scale. The review also presents results from a modelling exercise to illustrate the effectiveness of electrokinetics on the supply electron acceptors to a plume scale scenario where these are limiting. Current research needs include analysis of electrokinetic bioremediation in more representative environmental settings, such as those in physically heterogeneous systems in order to gain a greater understanding of the controlling mechanisms on both electrokinetics and bioremediation in those scenarios.
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- R T Gill
- Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Kroto Research Institute, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ, UK.
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Cardiff University, School of Engineering, Queen's Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK
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- Shell Global Solutions, Lange Kleiweg 40, 2288 GK Rijswijk, The Netherlands; Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Kroto Research Institute, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ, UK
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- Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Kroto Research Institute, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ, UK
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Ortega-Calvo JJ, Tejeda-Agredano MC, Jimenez-Sanchez C, Congiu E, Sungthong R, Niqui-Arroyo JL, Cantos M. Is it possible to increase bioavailability but not environmental risk of PAHs in bioremediation? JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2013; 261:733-45. [PMID: 23583067 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The current poor predictability of end points associated with the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is a large limitation when evaluating its viability for treating contaminated soils and sediments. However, we have seen a wide range of innovations in recent years, such as an the improved use of surfactants, the chemotactic mobilization of bacterial inoculants, the selective biostimulation at pollutant interfaces, rhizoremediation and electrobioremediation, which increase the bioavailability of PAHs but do not necessarily increase the risk to the environment. The integration of these strategies into practical remediation protocols would be beneficial to the bioremediation industry, as well as improve the quality of the environment.
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- J J Ortega-Calvo
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), Apartado 1052, E-41080 Seville, Spain.
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Gomes HI, Dias-Ferreira C, Ribeiro AB. Electrokinetic remediation of organochlorines in soil: enhancement techniques and integration with other remediation technologies. CHEMOSPHERE 2012; 87:1077-1090. [PMID: 22386462 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Electrokinetic remediation has been increasingly used in soils and other matrices for numerous contaminants such as inorganic, organic, radionuclides, explosives and their mixtures. Several strategies were tested to improve this technology effectiveness, namely techniques to solubilize contaminants, control soil pH and also couple electrokinetics with other remediation technologies. This review focus in the experimental work carried out in organochlorines soil electroremediation, aiming to systemize useful information to researchers in this field. It is not possible to clearly state what technique is the best, since experimental approaches and targeted contaminants are different. Further research is needed in the application of some of the reviewed techniques. Also a number of technical and environmental issues will require evaluation for full-scale application. Removal efficiencies reported in real contaminated soils are much lower than the ones obtained with spiked kaolinite, showing the influence of other factors like aging of the contamination and adsorption to soil particles, resulting in important challenges when transferring technologies into the field.
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- Helena I Gomes
- CENSE, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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Niqui-Arroyo JL, Ortega-Calvo JJ. Effect of electrokinetics on the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in polluted soils. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2010; 39:1993-1998. [PMID: 21284296 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Bioaccessibility is one of the most relevant aspects to be considered in the restoration of soils using biological technologies. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) usually have residual fractions that are resistant to biodegradation at the end of the biological treatment. In some situations, these residual concentrations could still be above legal standards. Here, we propose that the available knowledge about electroremediation technologies could be applied to enhance bioremediation of soils polluted with PAH. The main objective of this study was to show that a previous electrokinetic treatment could reduce the PAH residual fractions when the soil is subsequently treated by means of a bioremediation process. The approach involved the electrokinetic treatment of PAH-polluted soils at a potential drop of 0.9 to 1.1 V/cm and the subsequent estimations of bioaccessibility of residual PAHs after slurry-phase biodegradation. Bioaccessibility of PAH in two creosote-polluted soils (clay and loamy sand, total PAH content averaging 300 mg/kg) previously treated with an electric field in the presence of nonionic surfactant Brij 35 was often higher than in untreated controls. For example, total PAH content remaining in clay soil after bioremediation was only 62.65 +/- 4.26 mg/kg, whereas a 7-d electrokinetic pretreatment had, under the same conditions, a residual concentration of 29.24 +/- 1.88 mg/kg after bioremediation. Control treatments without surfactant indicated that the electrokinetic treatment increased bioaccessibility of PAHs. A different manner of electric field implementation (continuous current vs. current reversals) did not induce changes in PAH bioaccessibility. We suggest that this hybrid technology may be useful in certain bioremediation scenarios, such as soils rich in clay and black carbon, which show limited success due to bioavailability restrictions, as well as in highly heterogeneous soils.
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- José-Luis Niqui-Arroyo
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, C.S.I.C., Apartado 1052, E-41080 Seville, Spain
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Wick LY, Buchholz F, Fetzer I, Kleinsteuber S, Härtig C, Shi L, Miltner A, Harms H, Pucci GN. Responses of soil microbial communities to weak electric fields. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2010; 408:4886-4893. [PMID: 20663541 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2009] [Revised: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Electrokinetically stimulated bioremediation of soils (electro-bioremediation) requires that the application of weak electric fields has no negative effect on the contaminant degrading microbial communities. This study evaluated the hypothesis that weak direct electric current (DC) fields per se do not negatively influence the physiology and composition of soil microbial communities given that secondary electrokinetic phenomena such as soil pH changes and temperatures are minimized. Mildly buffered, water-saturated laboratory mesocosms with agricultural soil were subjected for 34 days to a constant electric field (X=1.4 V cm(-1); J approximately 1.0 mA cm(-2)) and the spatiotemporal changes of soil microbial communities assessed by fingerprints of phospholipids fatty acids (PLFA) and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP) of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. DC-induced electrolysis of the pore water led to pH changes (<1.5 pH units) in the immediate vicinity of the electrodes and concomitant distinct soil microbial community changes. By contrast, DC-treated bulk soil distant to the electrodes showed no pH changes and developed similar PLFA- and T-RFLP-fingerprints as control soil in the absence of DC. Our data suggest that the presence of an electric field, if suitably applied, will not influence the composition and physiology of soil microbial communities and hence not affect their potential to biodegrade contaminants.
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- Lukas Y Wick
- UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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Development of a treatment solution for reductive dechlorination of hexachloro-1,3-butadiene in vadose zone soil. Biodegradation 2010; 21:947-56. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-010-9354-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Effects of direct electric current and electrode reactions on vinyl chloride degrading microorganisms. Electrochim Acta 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shi L, Müller S, Harms H, Wick LY. Factors influencing the electrokinetic dispersion of PAH-degrading bacteria in a laboratory model aquifer. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 80:507-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1577-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Revised: 06/11/2008] [Accepted: 06/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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