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DOI 10.1007/s11356-015-4156-9
Title (Primary) Identification of TCE and PCE sorption and biodegradation parameters in a sandy aquifer for fate and transport modelling: batch and column studies
Author Kret, E.; Kiecak, A.; Malina, G.; Nijenhuis, I.; Postawa, A.
Source Titel Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Year 2015
Department ISOBIO
Volume 22
Issue 13
Page From 9877
Page To 9888
Language englisch
Keywords Sorption; Biodegradation; Trichloroethene; Tetrachloroethene; Numerical modelling; Batch tests; Column tests; Isotopic measurements
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Abstract The main aim of this study was to determine the sorption and biodegradation parameters of trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE) as input data required for their fate and transport modelling in a Quaternary sandy aquifer. Sorption was determined based on batch and column experiments, while biodegradation was investigated using the compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA). The aquifer materials medium (soil 1) to fine (soil 2) sands and groundwater samples came from the representative profile of the contaminated site (south-east Poland). The sorption isotherms were approximately linear (TCE, soil 1, K d = 0.0016; PCE, soil 1, K d = 0.0051; PCE, soil 2, K d = 0.0069) except for one case in which the best fitting was for the Langmuir isotherm (TCE, soil 2, K f = 0.6493 and S max = 0.0145). The results indicate low retardation coefficients (R) of TCE and PCE; however, somewhat lower values were obtained in batch compared to column experiments. In the column experiments with the presence of both contaminants, TCE influenced sorption of PCE, so that the R values for both compounds were almost two times higher. Non-significant differences in isotope compositions of TCE and PCE measured in the observation points (δ13C values within the range of −23.6 ÷ −24.3 ‰ and −26.3 ÷−27.7 ‰, respectively) indicate that biodegradation apparently is not an important process contributing to the natural attenuation of these contaminants in the studied sandy aquifer.
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Kret, E., Kiecak, A., Malina, G., Nijenhuis, I., Postawa, A. (2015):
Identification of TCE and PCE sorption and biodegradation parameters in a sandy aquifer for fate and transport modelling: batch and column studies
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22 (13), 9877 - 9888 10.1007/s11356-015-4156-9