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Removal of Non-volatile Contaminant from Aquifer using Surfactant-enhanced Ozone Sparging  

Yang, Su-Kyeong (Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Institute of Energy and Environment, Hallym University)
Shin, Seung-Yeop (Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Institute of Energy and Environment, Hallym University)
Kim, Heon-Ki (Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Institute of Energy and Environment, Hallym University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.15, no.6, 2010 , pp. 37-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Surfactant-enhanced ozone sparging (SEOS), an advanced version of SEAS (surfactant-enhance air sparging) was introduced in this study for the first time for removal of non-volatile contaminant from aquifer. The advantages of implementing SEAS, enhanced air saturation and expanded zone of sparging influence, are combined with the oxidative potential of ozone gas. Experiments conducted in this study were tow fold; 1-dimensional column experiments for the changes in the gas saturation and contaminant removal during sparging, and 2-dimensional box model experiment for the changes in the size of zone of influence and contaminant removal. An anionic surfactant (SDBS, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate) was used to control surface tension of water. Fluorescein sodium salt was used as a representative of watersoluble contaminants, for its fluorescence which is easy to detect when it disappears due to oxidative degradation. Three different gases (air, high-concentration ozone gas, and low-concentration ozone gas) were used for the sparging of 1-D column experiment, while two gases (air and low-concentration ozone gas) were used for 2-D box model experiment. When SEOS was performed for the column and box model, the air saturation and the zone of influence were improved significantly compared to air sparging without surface tension suppression, resulted in effective removal of the contaminant. Based on the experiments observations conducted in this study, SEOS was found to maintain the advantages of SEAS with further capability of oxidative degradation of non-volatile contaminants.
Keywords
Sparging; Ozone; Surfactant; Aquifer; Groundwater; Remediation; Non-volatile;
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