Natural attenuation in a residual soil from southern Brazil contaminated with diesel and biodiesel mixtures
Antonio Thomé, Cleomar Reginatto, Gabriel Cavelhão, Liliane Rebechi Meneghetti, Fernando Schnaid
In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical EngineeringSession: Geoenvironmental Engineering
ABSTRACT: The intense and growing consumption of fossil fuels generates the need to seek more environmentally suitable alternative. To meet this need the biodiesel enter in the fuel market. In Brazil is now being mixed a ratio of 5% of biodiesel in diesel fuel. This mixture can be considered as a contaminant of soil if some accident occurs. There are many processes used for remediation contaminated soils. Among these processes, bioremediation is a good technique, because the microorganisms are considered efficient biodegraders due to its abundance, species diversity and its versatility and ability to adapt to adverse environmental conditions. The monitored natural attenuation stands out mainly due to low cost and low intervention in the natural area conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the degradation in a clayey soil contaminated with diesel and biodiesel mixtures. The soil was contaminated with 4% of fuel over the mass of dry soil. The soil moisture after contamination was 34%. It was used six different percentages of biodiesel with the diesel (0, 5, 12.5, 20, 50 and 100 percent). It was molded in 12 bioreactors being 2 bioreactors for each percentage of contamination. Samples were collected at 105 days after the contamination. These were analyzed quantitatively by Soxhlet method. The results show that mixtures with higher percentages of biodiesel showed higher degradation. This demonstrates that the biodiesel is more biodegradable than diesel. Key words: Biodiesel, bioremediation, natural attenuation
RÉSUMÉ: El consumo intenso y cada vez mayor de combustibles fósiles genera la necesidad de buscar alternativas ambientales adecuadas. Para cubrir esta necesidad es que el biodiesel fue incorporado en el Mercado de combustibles. En el Brasil ahora se está mezclando una proporción de 5% de biodiesel en el combustible diesel. Esta mezcla se puede considerar como contaminante del suelo y de los recursos hídricos si suceder um accidente. Hay muchos procesos de recuperación usados para los suelos contaminados. Entre estos procesos, el biotratamiento es una buena técnica, porque los microorganismos se consideran los eficientes biodegradadores debido a su abundancia, diversidad de la especie y su flexibilidad y capacidad de adaptarse a las condiciones ambientales adversas. La atenuación natural supervisada se destaca principalmente debido al bajo costo y a la intervención baja en las condiciones naturales del área. La meta de este estudio era evaluar la degradación en un suelo arcilloso contaminado con las mezclas del diesel y del biodiesel. El suelo fue contaminado con uma proporción de 4% de combustible sobre la masa del suelo seco. La humedad del suelo después de la contaminación era el 34%. Fueron utilizadas seis porcentajes del biodiesel con el diesel (el 0, 5, 12.5, 20, 50 y 100 por ciento). Fueron moldeadas en 12 biorreactores que eran 2 biorreactores para cada porcentaje de la contaminación. Las muestras fueron recogidas en 105 días después de la contaminación. Éstas eran analizadas por el método de Soxhlet cuantitativo. Los resultados demuestran que las mezclas con porcentajes más altos del biodiesel demostraron una degradación más alta. Esto demuestra que el biodiesel es más biodegradable que el diesel.
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Antonio Thomé; Cleomar Reginatto; Gabriel Cavelhão; Liliane Rebechi Meneghetti; Fernando Schnaid
(2011) Natural attenuation in a residual soil from southern Brazil contaminated with diesel and biodiesel mixtures in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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