Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9456284 | Environmental Pollution | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The efficacy of a new rhamnolipid biosurfactants mixture to enhance the removal of pyrene from a soil artificially contaminated was investigated. The molar solubilization ratio (MSR) and the partition coefficient between the micelles and water (log Km) were found to be 7.5 Ã 10â3 and 5.7, respectively. From soil column studies, the pyrene removal increased linearly with the concentration of the injected biosurfactants solution above the effective critical micellar concentration (0.4 g Lâ1). Flushing with a 5.0 g Lâ1 biosurfactants solution increased the pyrene concentration in the effluent by 178 times. At high biosurfactants' concentrations (2.5 and 5.0 g Lâ1), the cumulative pyrene recovery reached 70%. This pyrene remobilization takes place independently of the soil organic carbon solubilization. This study provides a combination of batch and column experiments in order to find the conditions for effective soil remediation using a new rhamnolipids mixture.
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Authors
François Bordas, Pierre Lafrance, Richard Villemur,