Waste management and contaminated site remediation practices after oil spill: A case study

Oliveira, Fernando J. S.; Calixto, Renata Oliveira da Rocha; Felippe, Carlos Eduardo Cunha; França, Francisca Pessôa de

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“…Experimental and case studies have shown that autochthonous bacterial communities are capable of adapting to oil contamination and degradation of oil-derived compounds (Acosta-González et al 2015; Oliveira et al 2013; Chikere et al 2012; Bento et al 2005). LH-PCR has been proved to be a sensitive method to monitor the successional changes in bacterial community (Yan et al 2016; Mikkonen et al 2014).…”

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Biostimulation proved to be the most efficient method in the comparison of in situ soil remediation treatments after a simulated oil spill accident

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Dahl

Gerlach

et al. 2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The use of in situ techniques in soil remediation is still rare in Finland and most other European countries due to the uncertainty of the effectiveness of the techniques especially in cold regions and also due to their potential side effects on the environment. In this study, we compared the biostimulation, chemical oxidation, and natural attenuation treatments in natural conditions and pilot scale during a 16-month experiment. A real fuel spill accident was used as a model for experiment setup and soil contamination. We found that biostimulation significantly decreased the contaminant leachate into the water, including also the non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL). The total NAPL leachate was 19 % lower in the biostimulation treatment that in the untreated soil and 34 % lower in the biostimulation than oxidation treatment. Soil bacterial growth and community changes were first observed due to the increased carbon content via oil amendment and later due to the enhanced nutrient content via biostimulation. Overall, the most effective treatment for fresh contaminated soil was biostimulation, which enhanced the biodegradation of easily available oil in the mobile phase and consequently reduced contaminant leakage through the soil. The chemical oxidation did not enhance soil cleanup and resulted in the mobilization of contaminants. Our results suggest that biostimulation can decrease or even prevent oil migration in recently contaminated areas and can thus be considered as a potentially safe in situ treatment also in groundwater areas.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11356-016-7606-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Biostimulation proved to be the most efficient method in the comparison of in situ soil remediation treatments after a simulated oil spill accident

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Dahl

Gerlach

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…9 The storage, transport, and proper disposal of the sorbent-generated physical waste significantly increases the oil cleanup costs. 15 Thus, oil recovery from the current oil spill remediation approaches is extremely tedious at best, requires significant resources, and fails to meet basic sustainability criteria for meaningful deployment. This is particularly alarming since oil spills have been occurring ever since the use of fossil fuels in society more than a century in the making.…”

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OHM Sponge: A Versatile, Efficient, and Ecofriendly Environmental Remediation Platform

Nandwana

Ribet

Reis

et al. 2020

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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Oil spills have huge and immediate economically, socially, and environmentally adverse impacts. Current methods to remediate oil spills do not provide a sustainable solution, in terms of cost, ease of deployment, and further impact on the environment. Here we report an oil spill remediation solution in form of an oleophilic, hydrophobic, and magnetic (OHM) sponge that is economical, efficient, and ecofriendly; thereby promising a potentially industry-adaptable approach. The OHM sponge can not only selectively remove the oil from oil/water interface but also recover the oil by a simple squeezing process. Furthermore, the OHM sponge can be reused for many cycles. The OHM sponge works effectively in diverse and extreme aquatic conditions (pH, salinity) and can absorb a variety of oils and oil-based compounds. The selective absorption/desorption, recovery, high absorption capacity, and reusability under one platform open new prospects for potentially sustainable water and environmental remediation applications.

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“…They suggested several remediation options for the sludges including landfilling, incineration, co-processing in clinkerization furnaces, microwave liquefaction, centrifugation, destructive distillation, thermal plasma, low-temperature conversion, incorporation in ceramic materials, development of impermeable materials, encapsulation and biodegradation in land farming, bio-piles and bioreactors. Oliveira et al (2013) presented a case study of waste management practices implemented after a residual fuel oil spill from a steam-generating boiler in an industrial area. They found that natural attenuation can reduce the oil pollution.…”

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Pollution potential of the wastes of used oil treatment plants and their possible remediation techniques

Jebeli

Heidarzadeh

Gitipour

2018

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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In this research, wastes of used oil treatment plants have been studied for their pollution potential and geotechnical characteristics. A random sampling plan was used to collect 11 samples from the dump site. Moreover, statistical analysis indicated that six samples were required to prepare a representative sample for the wastes. Thus, a mixed sample was prepared to determine moisture content, pH, Atterberg limits and density of the waste. The analysis of organic compounds and heavy metals showed the presence of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and Barium as the main pollutants. The results also showed waste as a fine-grained soil heavily contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons. The mean concentration of TPH was more than 216 g/kg, which is 832, 108 and 433 times greater than the acceptable cleanup levels for diesel range organics, oil range organics and TPH, respectively. Nevertheless, heavy metals concentrations are lower than proposed cleanup levels for industrial area. The moisture content, pH, liquid limit, plastic limit, plastic index and density of the mixed sample were 12. 26%, 9.6, 25.91, 15.83, 10.08 and 1.22 g/cm 3 , respectively. After that, several remediation techniques were evaluated to propose the best one based on the physical and chemical properties of the waste, the applicability of the method and implementation costs. Finally, solidification/stabilization technique using organophilic clay as the stabilizer, incineration and bioremediation techniques was recommended for cleanup of the site.

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Waste management and contaminated site remediation practices after oil spill: A case study

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Biostimulation proved to be the most efficient method in the comparison of in situ soil remediation treatments after a simulated oil spill accident

Biostimulation proved to be the most efficient method in the comparison of in situ soil remediation treatments after a simulated oil spill accident

OHM Sponge: A Versatile, Efficient, and Ecofriendly Environmental Remediation Platform

Pollution potential of the wastes of used oil treatment plants and their possible remediation techniques

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