Multimedia fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil: oil matrix of constructed biopiles

Frederic Coulon; Michael J. Whelan; Graeme I. Paton; Kirk T. Semple; Raffaella Villa; Simon J. T. Pollard

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.057

Multimedia fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil: oil matrix of constructed biopiles

Frederic Coulon, Michael J. Whelan, Graeme I. Paton, Kirk T. Semple, Raffaella Villa, Simon J. T. Pollard

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A dynamic multimedia fugacity model was used to evaluate the partitioning and fate of petroleum hydrocarbon fractions and aromatic indicator compounds within the soil oil matrix of three biopiles Each biopile was characterised by four compartments air, water, soil solids and non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) Equilibrium partitioning in biopile A and B suggested that most fractions resided in the NAPL, with the exception of the aromatic fraction with an equivalent carbon number from 5 to 7 (EC5-7) In Blopile C, which had the highest soil organic carbon content (13%), the soil solids were the most important compartment for both light aliphatic fractions (EC5-6 and EC6-8) and aromatic fractions, excluding the EC16-21 and EC21-35 Our starting hypothesis was that hydrocarbons do not degrade within the NAPL This was supported by the agreement between predicted and measured hydrocarbon concentrations in Biopile B when the degradation rate constant in NAPL was set to zero In all scenarios, biodegradation in soil was predicted as the dominant removal process for all fractions, except for the aliphatic EC5-6 which was predominantly lost via volatilization. The absence of an explicit NAIL phase in the model yielded a similar prediction of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) behaviour, however the predicted concentrations in the air and water phases were significantly increased with consequent changes in potential mobility Further comparisons between predictions and measured data, particularly concentrations in the soil mobile phases, are required to ascertain the true value of including an explicit NAPL in models of this kind (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1454-1462
Number of pages	9
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	81
Issue number	11
Early online date	20 Sept 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.057
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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Keywords

oil
petroleum hydrocarbon fractions
NAPL
fugacity
fate
creosote-contaminated soils
criteria working group
aromatic-hydrocarbons
organic contaminants
fugacity model
bioavailability
bioremediation
management
biodegradation
fractions

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Multimedia fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil: oil matrix of constructed biopiles

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