• Field Applicability Study of Landfarming for Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contaminated Soils
  • Jho, Eun Hea;Ryu, Hyerim;Shin, Doyun;Kim, Young-Jin;Choi, Yong Ju;Nam, Kyoungphile;
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University;Samsung C&T Corporation;Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources;Samsung C&T Corporation;Stanford University;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University;
  • 토양 경작법을 이용한 유류오염토양 정화사업 타당성 연구
  • 조은혜;류혜림;신도연;김영진;최용주;남경필;
  • 서울대학교 건설환경공학부;삼성물산;한국지질자원연구원;삼성물산;;서울대학교 건설환경공학부;
Abstract
The landfarming treatment for the remediation of the petroleum contaminated soil at the returned U.S. Military bases was investigated in this study. Specifically, the bioaugmentation performance using various commercially available petroleum-degrading bacteria was evaluated and the directions for enhancing the performance of the landfarming treatment were suggested. The environmental factors of the soils at the returned U.S. Military bases chosen for remediation indicate that the landfarming treatment can be used as the remediation technique; however, the addition of nitrogen or phosphorus is required. The lab-scale landfarming treatment tests using the model soil and the site soil showed that the degradation efficiency was greater with the model soil than the site soil and that the treatment performance was not affected by the number of bacteria present in the soil in the range of $10^6-10^{12}$ CFU/g. These results suggest that the successful landfarming treatment depends on the petroleum degradability of bacteria used and the environmental conditions during the treatment rather than the number of petroleum-degrading bacteria used.

Keywords: Landfarming;Petroleum-contaminated soil;Soil remediation;Petroleum-degrading bacteria;Contaminant aging;

References
  • 1. Alexander, M., 1994, Biodegradation and Bioremediation, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 302 p.
  •  
  • 2. Bae, J.-S., Kim, J.-H., Choi, J.-H., Ekpeghere, K., Kim, S.-G., and Koh, S.-C., 2011, Efficient remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils through sequential Fenton oxidation and biological treatment processes, Korean J. Microbiol., 47(4), 356-363.
  •  
  • 3. Benyahia, F., Abdukarim, M., Zekri, A., Chaalal, O., and Hasanain, H., 2005, Bioremediation of crude oil contaminated soils: A black art or an engineering challenge?, Process. Saf. Environ., 83(B4), 364-370.
  •  
  • 4. Compeau, G., Al-Achi, B.J., Platsouka, E., and Levy, S.B., 1988, Survival of rifampin-resistant mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas putida in soil systems, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 54(10), 2432-2438.
  •  
  • 5. Dietzel, K.D., Campbell, J.L., Bartlett, M.G., Witten, M.L., and Fisher, J.W., 2005, Validation of a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry method for the quantification of aerosolized jet propellant 8, J. Chromatogr. A, 1093(1-2), 11-20.
  •  
  • 6. Harmsen, K., Rulkens, W.H., Sims, R.C., Rijtema, P.E., and Zweers, A.J., 2007, Theory and application of landfarming to remediate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and mnineral oil-contaminated sediments; Beneficial reuse, J. Environ. Qual., 36(4), 1112-1122.
  •  
  • 7. Halvorson, J.J., Smith, J.L., and Franz, E.H., 1991, Lupine influence on soil carbon, nitrogen and microbial activity in developing ecosystems at Mount St. Helens, Oecologia, 87(2), 162-170.
  •  
  • 8. Jackson, M.L., 1958, Soil Chemical Analysis, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 498 p.
  •  
  • 9. Jones, Jr., J.B., 1999, Soil Analysis Handbook of Reference Methods, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 264 p.
  •  
  • 10. Lee, L.S., Hagwell, M., Delfino, J.J., and Rao, P.S.C., 1992, Partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from diesel fuel into water, Environ. Sci. Technol., 26(11), 2104-2110.
  •  
  • 11. Li, G., Huang, W., Lerner, D.N., and Zhang, X., 2000, Enrichment of degrading microbes and bioremediation of petrochemical contaminants in polluted soil, Wat. Res., 34(15), 3845-3853.
  •  
  • 12. Margesin, R. and Schinner, F., 1998, Low-temperature bioremediation of a waste water contaminated with anionic surfactants and fuel oil, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 49(4), 482-486.
  •  
  • 13. Ministry of Environment (MoE), 2007, Guideline for Contaminated Soils Remediation, Ministry of Environment, 214 p.
  •  
  • 14. Ministry of Environment (MoE), 2010, Standards and Competitiveness Development Plans for Vitalizing Soil Remediation Industries, Ministry of Environment, 558 p.
  •  
  • 15. Odokuma, L.O. and Dickson, A.A., 2003, Bioremediation of a crude oil polluted tropical rain forest soil, Glob. J. Environ. Sci., 2(1), 29-40.
  •  
  • 16. Postma, J., Hok-Hin, A.C.H., and Van Veen, J.A., 1990, Role of microniches in protecting introduced Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii against competition and predation in soil, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 56(2), 495-502.
  •  
  • 17. Reasoner, D.J. and Geldreich, E.E., 1985, A new medium for the enumeration and subculture of bacteria from potable water, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 49(1), 1-7.
  •  
  • 18. Riser-Roberts, E., 1998, Remediation of petroleum contaminated soils (biological, physical and chemical process), Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, 542 p.
  •  
  • 19. Schroll, R., Brahushi, F., Dorfler, U., Kuhn, S., Fekete, J., and Munch, J.C., 2004, Biomineralisation of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene in soils by an adapted microbial population. Environ. Pollut., 127(3), 395-401.
  •  
  • 20. Trindade, P.V.O., Sobral, L.G., Rizzo, A.C.L., Leite, S.G.F., and Soriano, A.U., 2004, Bioremediation of weathered and recently oil contaminated soils from Brazil: a comparison study, Chemosphere, 58(4), 515-522.
  •  
  • 21. Van Veen, J.A., Van Overbeek, L.S., and Van Elsas, J.D., 1997, Fate and activity of microorganisms introduced into soil, Microbiol. Mol. Biol. R., 61(2), 121-135.
  •  
  • 22. Vincent, A.O., Felix, E., Weltime, M.O., Ize-iyamum, O.K., and Daniel, E.E., 2011, Microbial degradation and its kinetics on crude oil polluted soil, Res. J. Chem. Sci., 1(6), 8-14.
  •  
  • 23. Wang, F., Dorfler, U., Schmid, M., Fischer, D., Kinzel, L., Scherb, H., Much, J.C., Jiang, X., and Schroll, R., 2010, Homogenous inoculation vs. microbial hot spots of isolated strain and microbial community: What is the most promising approach in remediating 1,2,4-TCB contaminated soils?, Soil Biol. Biochem., 42(2), 331-336.
  •  

This Article

  • 2013; 18(2): 1-9

    Published on Apr 30, 2013

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2013.18.2.001
  • Received on Aug 17, 2012
  • Revised on Nov 19, 2012
  • Accepted on Nov 19, 2012