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Application of the Nonionic Surfactant-enhanced Soil Washing to the Kuwait Soil Seriously Contaminated with the Crude Oil

원유로 심하게 오염된 쿠웨이트 토양 정화를 위한 비이온 계면활성제의 토양세척법 적용

  • Heo, Hyojin (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Minhee (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
  • 허효진 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 이민희 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2015.11.17
  • Accepted : 2015.12.30
  • Published : 2015.12.28
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Abstract

Batch experiments were performed to determine the feasibility of the surfactant-enhanced soil washing process at various washing conditions for the Kuwait soil seriously contaminated with the crude oil. The soil was sampled at a dried oil pond in Kuwait and its average TPH concentration was 223,754 mg/kg, which was too high to apply the conventional remediation process. Nine commercialized non-ionic surfactants were used for the batch experiment to measure the surfactant solubility for the crude oil because it was reported that they have worked for the soil remediation. Among them, three surfactants having high crude oil solubility were used for the soil washing experiment. From the result of batch experiment, 5% TritonX-100 washing solution showed the highest TPH removal efficiency (67%) for the crude oil contaminated soil. However, because the residual TPH concentration in the washed soil was still higher than the clean-up level in Kuwait (10,000 mg/kg), the repeated soil washing was performed. After five washings with 2% surfactant solution, the cumulative TPH removal efficiency was higher than 96% and the residual TPH concentration in the soil went down below the clean-up level. To measure the desorption capacity of TritonX-100 remained in the soil after the soil washing, the silica beads and the soil were washed five times with 2% TritonX-100 surfactant solution and then they were washed again with distilled water to detach the surfactant adsorbed on beads or soil. After five washings with surfactant solution, 7.8% and 19.6% of the surfactant was adsorbed on beads and soil, respectively. When additionally washed with distilled water, most of the residual surfactant were detached from beads and only 4.3% of surfactant was remained in soil. From the results, it was investigated that the surfactant-enhanced soil washing process with TritonX-100, Tergitol S-15-7, and Tergitol S-15-9 has a great capability for the remediation of the Kuwait soil seriously contaminated by crude oil (more than 220,000 mg/kg).

원유로 심각하게 오염된 쿠웨이트 토양에 대하여 대표적인 비이온계면활성제 용액을 이용한 토양세척법의 적용 가능성을 규명하기 위해, 다양한 세척조건에서 배치실험을 실시하였다. 쿠웨이트 지역의 증발된 원유소호(oil pond) 주변에서 채취한 토양의 평균 TPH농도는 223,754 mg/kg으로, 기존의 토양세정/세척 연구에서는 거의 적용되지 않았던 오염이 매우 심한 쿠웨이트 토양과, 유류나 유기오염물에 대하여 토양세척 효과가 높은 것으로 보고된 비이온계면활성제 9종(Tween 계열 4종, Tergitol 계열 4종, TritonX-100)을 사용하였다. 먼저 각 계면활성제 용액의 농도에 따른 원유의 용해도를 측정하기 위한 배치실험을 실시하였고, 높은 원유 용해도를 나타낸 세 종류의 계면활성제를 이용하여 토양세척 실험을 실시하였다. 사용된 계면활성제 중에서 TritonX-100이 5% 농도에서 67%의 가장 높은 원유 제거율을 나타냈지만, 1회 세척만으로는 정화목표(TPH 농도: 10,000 mg/kg)에 도달하지 않아 연속세척 실험을 실시하였다. 세 종류의 계면활성제에 대하여 2% 계면활성제 용액을 이용한 연속세척 실험 결과, 세척 횟수가 증가할수록 원유의 제거율이 증가하였고, 5회 연속세척 후 96% 이상의 제거율을 나타내며 제거목표에 도달하였다. 연속세척 실험 후 토양에 잔류하는 계면활성제의 탈착능력을 측정하기 위해 앞서 실시한 연속세척 실험과 동일한 방법을 이용하여 실리카 비드와 오염 토양을 TritonX-100 2% 계면활성제 용액으로 5회 세척한 경우, 각각 7.8%와 19.6%의 계면활성제가 흡착되어 비드와 토양 내에 잔류하였다. 계면활성제가 흡착된 비드와 토양을 증류수를 이용해 동일한 세척방법으로 추가 물세척을 실시한 결과, 비드에 잔류하는 계면활성제는 0.2%로, 토양에 잔류하는 계면활성제는 4.3%로 감소하여 흡착된 대부분의 계면활성제가 추가 물세척에 의해 탈착됨을 알 수 있었다. 본 실험의 결과로부터 TritonX-100, Tergitol S-15-7, Tergitol S-15-9 계면활성제를 이용한 토양세척법이 유류 오염이 매우 심한 원유오염 토양(TPH 농도 200,000 mg/kg 이상)을 정화하는데 효과적으로 적용될 수 있음을 입증하였다.

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