Biodegradation of diesel-contaminated soil

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Biodegradationofdiesel-contaminatedsoil:AsoilcolumnstudyPao-WenGraceLiua,Liang-MingWhangb,*,Ming-ChiehYangb,Sheng-ShungChengbaDepartmentofSafetyHealthandEnvironmentalEngineering,ChungHwaUniversityofMedicalTechnology,TainanCounty71703,Taiwan

bDepartmentofEnvironmentalEngineering,SustainableEnvironmentResearchCenter(SERC),NationalChengKungUniversity,Tainan701,Taiwan

Received16August2007;accepted12March2008

AbstractThisstudysimulatedinsitubioremediationfordiesel-contaminatedsoilbyacolumnoperation.Severalbioremediationapproacheswereconductedtoexaminethefeasibility.Fourlab-scalesoilcolumnswereoperatedspecifictothefollowingapproaches:nutrientenhancement(NE),bioaugmentation(BA),biostimulation(BS),andsterilizedsoil(SS).Within330daysofoperation,theresidualtotalpetroleumhydrocarbon-diesel(TPHd)wasdegradedfrom10,290mgTPHd/drysoilto3026,1851,4105,and6506mgTPHd/kgdrysoilbyColumnsNE,BA,BS,andSS,

respectively.Thediesel-degradationefficiencywas67%,80%,45%,and24%,accordingly.MicrobialdiversitywasmonitoredwithmolecularbiotechnologyDGGE.ItwasfoundthatintroducedbacteriaCC-CF3andCC-JG39becomeundetectableafter90daysofoperation,butanotherintroducedbacteria,CC-RS1,evidentlyremainedwithsmallsignalsduringthelasttimestageofoperation.#2008TaiwanInstituteofChemicalEngineers.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.

Keywords:Bioremediation;Diesel-contaminatedsoil;Columntest;Bioaugmentation;Biosurfactant

1.IntroductionBioremediationofpetroleumhydrocarboncontaminatedsoilshasbeenrecognizedasanefficient,economic,versatile,andenvironmentallysoundtreatment(MargesinandSchinner,2001).However,contaminationproblemsincreasewhenagesofrelevantfacilities,suchasoilstoragetanksandpipelines,increaseovertime.Ithasbeenreportedthatmorethan1200petroleum-hydrocarboncontaminatedsiteswereunderregula-tionintheUnitedStates,andaboutadditional32,000siteswerereportedwithpotentialcontaminationproblems(BakerandHerson,1994).InTaiwan,upto2002,over400gasstationshadencounteredproblemsofbeingpotentiallycontaminatedwithhydrocarbonpetroleum,duetoagedpipelinesorstoragetankleaking(Che,2002).Also,whentreatingtheoilcontaminationproblemswithbioremediationapproaches,inadequatebioavailabilityofthehydrocarbonstomicroorganismsduetolowsolubilityhasbeenaddressedasalimitingstepinbiodegradation(Rahmanetal.,2002).Therefore,introducingsurfactantstothecontaminatedsoilinordertoemulsifyhydrocarbons,toincreasetheirwatersolubility,andtoreducesurfacetensionhasbeenfoundtobea

usefulapproach,particularlywhenabiosurfactantwasutilized(Banat,1993,1995;Banatetal.,2000;Moranetal.,2000;Rahmanetal.,2002).AccordingtoBanatetal.(2000),applicationsofbiosurfactantsincludebeingintroducedtobioreactorsandaddedtoinsitucontaminatedsitestoimprovethesolubilizationandemulsificationofhydrophobiccontami-nants.Thus,thebioavailabilityofthechemicalcompoundscanbeenhancedsoastoenhancetheresultantbiodegradation(Banatetal.,2000).Numerousexistingresearchprojectshaveaddressedsuccessfulapplicationsofbiosurfactantstohydrocarbon-con-taminatedsoilandenhanceddegradationhasbeendemonstrated(Baietal.,1997;Jainetal.,1992;Moranetal.,2000).Additionofcommercialmicrobialcultures(i.e.,bioaugmen-tation)tocontaminatedsoilwasconcludeditisnotsuperiortojustsimplyaddingnutrients(i.e.,biostimulation)tothecontaminatedsoil(Alexander,1999;PhilpandAtlas,2005;VanHammeetal.,2003).Intheexistingstudies,bioaugmentation,comparedwithbiostimulation,didnotsignificantlyenhanceratesofoilbiodegradation.However,anicheareaforasuccessfulbioaugmentationispossiblewhenonlysmallnumbersofhydrocarbon-oxidizingbacteriacouldbefound,particularlyinpristinesoils(Liuetal.,2007;PhilpandAtlas,2005).Thisstudyaimedatevaluatingfourdifferenttreatmentsemployed:bioaugmentation(BA),biostimulationwithbiosur-factant(BS),nutrientenhancement(NE),andacontroldesignwithsterilizedsoil(SS).Theobjectivesincludeusingalab-

www.elsevier.com/locate/jciceAvailable online at www.sciencedirect.comJournaloftheChineseInstituteofChemicalEngineers39(2008)419–428

*Correspondingauthor.Tel.:+88662757575x65837;fax:+88662752790.E-mailaddress:whang@mail.ncku.edu.tw(L.-M.Whang).

0368-1653/$–seefrontmatter#2008TaiwanInstituteofChemicalEngineers.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.jcice.2008.03.006