TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement of auxiliary agent for washing efficiency of diesel contaminated soil with surfactants.
AU - Huang, Zhaolu
AU - Wang, Daoyuan
AU - Ayele, Befkadu Abayneh
AU - Zhou, Juan
AU - Srivastava, Indrajit
AU - Pan, Dipanjan
AU - Wang, Zhen
AU - Chen, Quanyuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - We used five types of surfactants assisted with sodium salts, including sodium tartrate (ST), sodium chloride (SC), and humic acid sodium (HAS) as auxiliary agents for soil washing to remove diesel from contaminated soil. Decontamination enhancement of diesel polluted soil washing with biosurfactant and H2O2 was examined, which showed higher effectiveness for newly contaminated soil. An increase in temperature and sodium salt addition exhibited a profound enhancement in diesel removal from aged contaminated soils. Compared to ST and SC, HAS exhibited a higher removal efficiency with saponin washing for aged diesel contaminated soil by lowering surface tension, shifting zeta potential, and increasing the number of micelles. Phytotoxicity experiments showed no significant inhibition of germination of lettuce, arugula, and cucumber with 0.2 g L−1 saponin incubation. Conversely, there was a promotion on the root extension of lettuce and cucumber except for arugula. Similarly, the addition of 2% HAS (wight of saponin) improved on root growth of lettuce, arugula, and cucumber, increasing by 25%, 5%, and 22% at the period of 14 d, respectively. Because of excellent removal efficiency and non-toxicity, enhanced wash with saponin and HAS might be considered in the future design of full-scale remediation processes of diesel contaminated soil.
AB - We used five types of surfactants assisted with sodium salts, including sodium tartrate (ST), sodium chloride (SC), and humic acid sodium (HAS) as auxiliary agents for soil washing to remove diesel from contaminated soil. Decontamination enhancement of diesel polluted soil washing with biosurfactant and H2O2 was examined, which showed higher effectiveness for newly contaminated soil. An increase in temperature and sodium salt addition exhibited a profound enhancement in diesel removal from aged contaminated soils. Compared to ST and SC, HAS exhibited a higher removal efficiency with saponin washing for aged diesel contaminated soil by lowering surface tension, shifting zeta potential, and increasing the number of micelles. Phytotoxicity experiments showed no significant inhibition of germination of lettuce, arugula, and cucumber with 0.2 g L−1 saponin incubation. Conversely, there was a promotion on the root extension of lettuce and cucumber except for arugula. Similarly, the addition of 2% HAS (wight of saponin) improved on root growth of lettuce, arugula, and cucumber, increasing by 25%, 5%, and 22% at the period of 14 d, respectively. Because of excellent removal efficiency and non-toxicity, enhanced wash with saponin and HAS might be considered in the future design of full-scale remediation processes of diesel contaminated soil.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126494
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126494
M3 - Article
C2 - 32443261
AN - SCOPUS:85082660261
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 252
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
M1 - 126494
ER -