Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab (in persian)

Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab (in persian)

The Effects of Environmental Factors on Biological Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammad reza Moslemi 1
Manouchehr Vossoughi 2
Ali Pak 3
Mohammad Taqi Jaefarzadeh 4
1 M.Sc. Student. Dept. of Civil Engineering Sharif University of Technology.
2 Professor. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
3 Assist. Prof. Dept. of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
4 Safety and Environmental Health Dept. NIPC
Abstract
Among the consequences of discharging industrial wastes to land and water bodies, is the widespread accumulation and migration of toxic chemical mixtures in soil and groundwater resources. It is believed that the accumulation of contaminants in the environment constitutes a serious threat to ecological and human health. Bioremediation is an effective measure in dealing with such contaminations particularly those from petroleum hydrocarbon sources; moreover bioremediation is emerging as a promising technology for the treatment of soil and groundwater contamination. Therefore the goal of this study is discussing the theory and practice of biological remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soils and assessing the effects of operational conditions and parameters such as: temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration and  pH on the removal rate of the target contaminant which is handled in the designed reactor. Due to large production and consumption rate of diesel fuel inIran and many other countries, diesel fuel has been selected as target contaminant. In this study TOC and COD testing methods have been used to measure and assess the removal rate of the contaminant in the reactor. The experimental results indicate that, considering the operational conditions the indigenous microorganisms which have been separated from the soil are able to remove 50 to 83 percent of the contaminant after 30 days. Thereafter on the base of the results and considering the laboratorial specifications and conditions applied in this project, the optimum values of temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration andpH were respectively determined as 35°C, 4mg/L and 7.
Keywords
Contaminated Soil
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Bioremediation
Diesel fuel
Reactor
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Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab (in persian)
Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Serial number: 55
September and October 2005
Pages 15-23