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http://dx.doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2014.19.6.072

Removal Characteristics of Organic Contaminants by Ultrasonic Soil Washing  

Lim, Chan-Soo (Civil Engineering Department, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Seog-Ku (Environment Engineering Research Div., Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Kim, Weon-Jae (Environment Engineering Research Div., Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Ko, Seok-Oh (Civil Engineering Department, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.19, no.6, 2014 , pp. 72-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cavitation generated by ultrasonic irradiation can enhance the diffusional transport of organic contaminants from soil surfaces or pores. Therefore, ultrasound soil washing can be an alternative of traditional soil washing process. In this study, soil was artificially contaminated with n-tetradecane, n-hexadecane and phenanthrene. A plate type ultrasonic reactor at 25 kHz frequency and 1000W power was used for laboratory soil washing experiments. Ultrasonic soil washing efficiency was compared with those of traditional soil washing using mechanical mixing. Various operational parameter such as soil/liquid ratio, irradiation time, particle size, and soil organic matter content was tested to find out the optimum condition. It was found that ultrasonic soil washing demonstrates better performance than mechanical soil washing. Optimum soil:liquid ratio for ultrasonic soil washing was 1 : 5. Desorption of organic contaminants from soils by ultrasonic irradiation was relatively fast and reached equilibrium within 10 minute. However, decrease in the soil particle sizes by ultrasonic irradiation results in re-adsorption of contaminants to soil phase. It was also observed that soil particle size distribution and soil organic matter content have significant effects on the efficiency of ultrasonic soil washing.
Keywords
Ultrasound; Desorption; Soil Washing; Soil organic matter; Particle size distribution;
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