Journal of Environmental Health Sciences (한국환경보건학회지)

Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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Effect of C/N Ratio on Composting Treatment of TNT-Contaminated Soil

  • In, Byung-Hoon (Department of Soil and Groundwater, Environmental Management Corporation, Environmental Research Complex) ;
  • Park, Joon-Seok (Department of Environmental Disaster Prevention Engineering, College of Engineering, Kangwon National University) ;
  • NamKoong, Wan (Konkuk University Innovative Environmental Technology Center, Konkuk University)
  • Published : 2006.12.30
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Abstract

This research was conducted to estimate the effect of C/N ratio control on composting of TNT (2,4,6 trinitrotoluene)-contaminated soil. Glucose or acetone was selected to control C/N ratio of the contaminated soil. The C/N ratios of the controlled experiment and no controlled one were 26.0 and 6.6, respectively. During 45days, the degradation efficiency (96.0 or 91.8%) of acetone or glucose C/N ratio controlled soil was higher than that (78.4%) of no C/N ratio controlled case. The first order degradation rate constant of glucose or acetone C/N ratio control was 0.0641 or 0.0820/day. This constant was over twice 0.0356/day of no C/N ratio control. The C/N ratio control with glucose or acetone also showed a rather high $CO_2$ evolution than that without C/N ratio control. It was proven that C/N ratio control for composting of TNT-contaminated soil improved the treatment efficiency.

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