Remediation of ground water containing chlorinated and brominated hydrocarbons, benzene and chromate by sequential treatment using ZVI and GAC |
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| Authors: | Volkmar Plagentz Markus Ebert Andreas Dahmke |
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| Institution: | 1. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Strasse 10, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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| Abstract: | A laboratory experiment with two sequenced columns was performed as a preliminary study for the installation of a permeable
reactive barrier (PRB) at a site where a mixed ground water contamination exists. The first column contained granular zero
valent iron (ZVI), the second column was filled with granular activated carbon (GAC). Trichloromethane (TCM, 930 μg/l) and
chlorobenzene (MCB, 260 μg/l) were added to the ground water from the site as the main contaminants. Smaller amounts (<60 μg/l)
of benzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCA), 1,1-dichloroethene (1,1-DCE), trichloroethene (TCE), tetrachloroethene
(PCE), 1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-DCP), bromodichloromethane (BDCM), dibromochloromethane (DBCM), tribromomethane (TBM), vinyl
chloride and chromate were also added to the water to simulate the complex contamination pattern at the site of interest.
PCE, TCE, 1,1-DCE, DBCM, BDCM, TBM, MCB and chromate were remediated in contact with ZVI, while the remaining contaminants
showed incomplete degradation. A fraction of 8–16.5% TCM was converted to dichloromethane (DCM). Remaining contaminant concentrations
were efficiently sorbed by the GAC until breakthrough of DCM was observed after 1,230 exchanged pore volumes in the GAC. The
results show that the complex mixture of contaminants can be remediated by a sequenced PRB consisting of ZVI and GAC and that
DCM sorption capacity is the critical parameter for the dimensions of the GAC reactor. |
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| Keywords: | Sequenced permeable reactive barriers Zero valent iron Granular activated carbon Halogenated hydrocarbons Benzene Chromate |
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