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Reduction of Hydraulic Conductivity in the Subsurface by the Formation of Aerobic Biobarrier  

Bae, Bum-Han (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kyungwon University)
Oh, Je-Ill (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, ChungAng University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.12, no.2, 2007 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
A series of batch and column experiments were conducted for the development of biobarrier technology which can be applied to containment and reduction of contaminants in soil and ground waters. The growth kinetic constants of Pseudomonas fluorescens on glucose or molasses were determined using batch experiments. The maximum specific growth rate (Vmax) of P. fluorescens at $23^{\circ}C$ on glucose or molasses were $0.246\;hr^{-1}$ and $0.073\;hr^{-1}$, respectively. However, molasses was selected as carbon source due largely to the absence of lag phase of P. fluorescens growth on molasses and economic reason. In constant head column experiments, the hydraulic conductivity of the column soil reduced by $6.8{\times}10^{-3}$ times from $4.1{\times}10^{-2}cm/sec$ to $2.8{\times}10^{-4}cm/sec$ after the inoculation of P. fluorescens and administration of carbon source and nutrients. The biomass concentration was observed highest in the column inlet. Measurements of carbon source and electron accepter (dissolved oxygen) concentration showed that the growth of P. fluorescence, which is the main reason for hydraulic conductivity reduction, was limited not by the concentration of carbon source but by the concentration of electron acceptor.
Keywords
Aerobic biobarrier; Electron acceptor; Hydraulic conductivity; Pseudomonas fluorescens;
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