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International Journal of Environment Science and Technology
Center for Environment and Energy Research and Studies (CEERS)
ISSN: 1735-1472
EISSN: 1735-1472
Vol. 10, No. 3, 2013, pp. 533-544
Bioline Code: st13053
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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International Journal of Environment Science and Technology, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2013, pp. 533-544

 en Application of the Haug model for process design of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil bioremediation by composting process
Khamforoush, M.; Bijan-Manesh, M.J. & Hatami, T.

Abstract

The main scope of this work is applying an aerobic composting model for remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. For this purpose, the reaction kinetics was integrated with the mass and energy balances over the composting system. Literature pilot scale data for bioremediation of diesel oil-contaminated soil was used for model validation. Comparisons of simulation results with experimental data for diesel concentration and oxygen concentration showed good agreement during the remediation process. With validated model for bioremediation of diesel oil-contaminated soil, the influence of amendment type, bulking agent, amendment/soil ratio, bulking agent/soil ratio, moisture content and airflow rate were investigated on diesel biodegradation. The simulation results showed that maximum degradation of diesel occurred in the presence of yard waste as amendment. Furthermore, addition of bulking agent (wood chips) increased the diesel degradation about 6 %. In presence of yard waste as amendment and wood chips as bulking agent, the optimal values for maximum remediation were amendment/soil ratio (2.5 kg kg-1), bulking agent/soil ratio (2.25 kg kg-1), initial moisture content (62.5 %) and airflow (0.520 m3 day-1 kgBVS-1).

Keywords
Aerobic composting; Mathematical modeling; Optimization; Soil remediation simulation

 
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