Use of filter cake and sugarcane bagasse to remove hydrocarbons from polluted soils

The objective of this work was to determine the removal efficiency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) from soil contaminated with hydrocarbons using two different types of agricultural residues, filter cake mud and the sugarcane bagasse pith, as amendmen...

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Autores: GARCÍA-TORRES, Reyna, RIOS-LEAL, Elvira, MARTÍNEZ-TOLEDO, Ángeles, RAMOS-MORALES, Fernando Rafael, CRUZ-SANCHEZ, Jesús Samuel, CUEVAS-DÍAZ, María del Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23837
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/23837
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:bioremediation
filter cake mud
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH)
biorremediación
hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos (HAP)
hidrocarburos totales del petróleo (HTP)
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Sumario:The objective of this work was to determine the removal efficiency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) from soil contaminated with hydrocarbons using two different types of agricultural residues, filter cake mud and the sugarcane bagasse pith, as amendment and bulking agents. To test these approaches, a microcosms test was applied to soil contaminated with 14 300 mg kg–1 of TPH and 23.14 mg kg–1 of PAH. The soil treatments consisted of the following ratios of soil to residue (%/%): 100:0, 98:2, 98:4 and 98:6, and macronutrient addition was based on a carbon/nitrogen/phosphorus ratio (C:N:P, %/ % / %) of 100:10:1. Statistical analysis indicated that there were significant differences between the filter cake mud and the sugarcane bagasse pith treatments, in which the TPH removal efficiency was 60.1% using sugarcane bagasse pith and 51.4% with filter cake mud. A filter cake mud ratio of 96:4 produced the highest observed removal efficiency of PAH (43%), and a sugarcane bagasse pith ratio of 98:2 resulted in a PAH removal efficiency of 41%. Filter cake mud treatment could be an alternative for use in the bioremediation process of soils polluted with hydrocarbons.