Nutrient demand in bioventing of fuel oil pollution
- Norwegian Geotechnical Inst., Oslo (Norway)
- Univ. of Oslo (Norway). Dept. of Geology
- SINTEF Oslo (Norway)
The effect of nutrient addition on bioventing of fuel oil pollution in an artificially polluted sandy soil has been studied at different experimental scales to assess the predictive value of laboratory treatability studies. The results of batch studies, laboratory column studies, and pilot-scale field tests (10 tons of soil) were compared. The qualitative response to nutrient addition was comparable in all experiments. Without nutrient addition, a minimal respiration rate was observed. With nutrient addition, respiration rates increased almost instantaneously. The highest rates were observed in the batch studies. The column study and pilot-scale field test indicated similar respiration rates, at approximately one sixth the respiration rates in the batch study. Respiration rates in the pilot-scale field study decreased during the winter season. Analysis of the residual oil composition in soil samples showed a relation between the degree of weathering, measured as the n-C{sub 17}/pristane and n-C{sub 18}/phytane ratio, and nutrient addition. Lower n-C{sub 17}/pristane ratios were observed at higher total nitrogen content. After 1 year of bioventing with nutrient addition, a 66% reduction in TPH content was observed. Without nutrient addition, the residual oil still closely resembled the original fuel oil product, with only minor removal of the light-end compounds.
- OSTI ID:
- 467758
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950483--; ISBN 1-57477-003-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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