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Turbulent mixing accelerates PAH desorption due to fragmentation of sediment particle aggregates
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry. Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. (EcoChange)
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2017 (English)In: Journal of Soils and Sediments, ISSN 1439-0108, E-ISSN 1614-7480, Vol. 17, no 1, p. 277-285Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: Stripping contaminants from sediments with granular activated carbon (GAC) is a promising remediation technique in which the effectiveness depends on the rate of contaminant extraction from the sediment by the GAC. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of mixing intensity on the short-term extraction rate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from contaminated sediment.

Materials and methods: PAH desorption from sediment at a wide range of rotational speeds (min−1; rotations per minute (rpm)) was monitored by uptake in Tenax polymeric resins using a completely mixed batch reactor. Desorption data were interpreted using a radial diffusion model. Desorption parameters obtained with the radial diffusion model were correlated with particle size measurements and interpreted mechanistically.

Results and discussion: Fast desorption rate constants, De/r2, with De the effective diffusion coefficient and r the particle radius, ranged from 3.7 × 10−3 to 1.1 × 10−1 day−1 (PHE) and 6 × 10−6 to 1.9 × 10−4 day−1(CHR), respectively, and increased with the intensity of mixing. The De/r2 values would correspond to De ranges of 1.8 × 10−14–1.2 × 10−16 m2 × day−1 and 1.8 × 10−12–3.7 × 10−15 m2 × day−1, assuming fast desorption from the measured smallest particle size (9 μm) classes at 200 and 600 rpm, respectively.

Conclusions: Desorption of PAHs was significantly accelerated by a reduction of particle aggregate size caused by shear forces that were induced by mixing. The effective intra-particle diffusion coefficients, De, were larger at higher mixing rates.

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Springer, 2017. Vol. 17, no 1, p. 277-285
Keywords [en]
Desorption, Mixing, Particles, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Sediment
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Environmental Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-128831DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1556-5ISI: 000394971000025Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84988703562OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-128831DiVA, id: diva2:1056828
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved

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