Chlorobenzene removal efficiencies and removal processes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 903-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Braeckevelt ◽  
N. Reiche ◽  
S. Trapp ◽  
A. Wiessner ◽  
H. Paschke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Contaminated Groundwater ◽  
Removal Efficiencies ◽  
Removal Processes

scholarly journals Removal of Emerging Pollutants in Horizontal Subsurface Flow and Vertical Flow Pilot-Scale Constructed Wetlands

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2200
Author(s):  
Georgios D. Gikas ◽  
Vassiliki A. Papaevangelou ◽  
Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis ◽  
Maria Antonopoulou ◽  
Ioannis K. Konstantinou
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Subsurface Flow ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Emerging Pollutants ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Vertical Flow ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Removal Efficiencies ◽  
Horizontal Subsurface Flow

We assessed constructed wetland (CW) performance in the removal of six emerging pollutants (EPs) from university campus wastewater. The EPs considered were: diethyl phthalate (DEP), di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), bis(2-ehtylxexyl) phthalate (DEHP), tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) and caffeine (CAF). Six pilot-scale CWs, i.e., three horizontal subsurface flow (HSF) and three vertical flow (VF), with different design configurations were used: two types of plants and one unplanted for both the HSF and the VF, two hydraulic retention times (HRT) for the HSF, and two wastewater feeding strategies for the VF units. The results showed that the median removals in the three HSF-CWs ranged between 84.3 and 99.9%, 79.0 and 95.7%, 91.4 and 99.7%, 72.2 and 81.0%, 99.1 and 99.6%, and 99.3 and 99.6% for DEP, DIBP, DNOP, DEHP, TCPP, and CAF, respectively. In the three VF-CWs, the median removal efficiencies range was 98.6–99.4%, 63.6–98.0%, 96.6–97.8%, 73.6–94.5%, 99.3–99.5% and 94.4–96.3% for DEP, DIBP, DNOP, DEHP, TCPP and CAF, respectively. The study indicates that biodegradation and adsorption onto substrate were the most prevalent removal routes of the target EPs in CWs.

Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Braeckevelt ◽  
Gabriele Mirschel ◽  
Arndt Wiessner ◽  
Michael Rueckert ◽  
Nils Reiche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Contaminated Groundwater

Hydrocarbon removal in an experimental gravel bed constructed wetland

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Omari ◽  
M. Revitt ◽  
B. Shutes ◽  
H. Garelick
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Diesel Oil ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
C 23 ◽  
Hydrocarbon Removal ◽  
Different Depths ◽  
Removal Efficiencies ◽  
Removal Processes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Control

Two outdoor subsurface flow beds (control and experimental, 10 m × 1 m) were filled with a substrate of pea gravel (3-6 mm) to a depth of 60 cm. The experimental bed or small-scale constructed wetland was originally planted with Typha seedlings at a density of 7.5 plants/m2. Both beds (experimental and control) were treated with the same aqueous concentrations of diesel oil under identical dosing conditions. The average overall hydrocarbon removal efficiencies at the three monitored depths (top, middle and bottom) in the subsurface systems were 80.1 ± 9.8%, 78.0 ± 9.1% and 71.6 ± 10.0% in the experimental bed and 72.3 ± 11.9%, 69.1 ± 10.3% and 63.4 ± 9.4% in the control bed. The differences in the hydrocarbon removal efficiencies between corresponding months in 1999 and 2000 were statistically analysed and are generally not significant. The individual hydrocarbon removal efficiencies exceeded 60% in the top sections of both beds except for C-11 and C-25 with C-23 and C-26 also reduced in the control bed. Overall differences in the removal efficiencies of the planted and the unplanted beds as well as at different depths in both systems, indicate that Typha related removal processes complementing adsorption onto the gravel substrate are occurring.

Sulfur transformations in pilot-scale constructed wetland treating high sulfate-containing contaminated groundwater: A stable isotope assessment

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (20) ◽  
pp. 6688-6698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubiao Wu ◽  
Christina Jeschke ◽  
Renjie Dong ◽  
Heidrun Paschke ◽  
Peter Kuschk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Contaminated Groundwater ◽  
High Sulfate

Pilot Scale Testing of a New Radium-226 Removal Process

1985 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
W.B. Anderson ◽  
P.M. Huck ◽  
T.M.R. Meadley ◽  
T.P. Hynes
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Process ◽  
No Reduction ◽  
High Surface ◽  
High Surface Area ◽  
Barium Chloride ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
New Process ◽  
Removal Efficiencies ◽  
New Treatment

Abstract This paper describes the on-going pilot scale development of a new treatment process designed to remove radium-226 from uranium milling effluents. Presently, decants from Canadian uranium mining and milling tailings areas are treated with barium chloride to remove radium-226 prior to discharge into the environment. This is usually accomplished in large natural or man-made ponds which provide an opportunity for a (Ba,Ra)SO4 precipitate to form and subsequently settle. Sand filtration is sometimes used as a polishing step. This new process differs from conventional and other experimental processes in that it involves the use of a fluidized bed to facilitate the deposition of a (Ba,Ra)SO4 precipitate on a granular medium of high surface area. As a stand-alone treatment process, the new process is consistently able to reduce incoming radium-226 activity levels by 90-99%. Effluent levels of 10 pCi/L (0.370 Bq/L) or less have been achieved, depending on the influent activity levels. Recent testing of the process as a polishing step has demonstrated radium removal efficiencies up to 60% when the process influent was already less than 5 pCi/L (0.185 Bq/L). The process has been operated at temperatures ranging from 26°C down to 0.3°C with no reduction in efficiency. In contrast to treatment times in the order of days for conventional settling pond systems and hours for mechanical stirred tank/filtration systems, the new process is able to achieve these radium removal efficiencies in times on the order of one minute.

On-site and in situ bioremediation of wood-preservative contaminated groundwater

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 371-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Puhakka ◽  
K.T. Järvinen ◽  
J.H. Langwaldt ◽  
E.S. Melin ◽  
M.K. Männistö ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxidation ◽  
Wood Preservative ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Contaminated Groundwater ◽  
Groundwater Temperature ◽  
In Situ Bioremediation ◽  
Contaminated Aquifer ◽  
Fluidized Bed Process

This paper reviews ten years of research on on-site and in situ bioremediation of chlorophenol contaminated groundwater. Laboratory experiments on the development of a high-rate, fluidized-bed process resulted in a full-scale, pump-and-treat application which has operated for several years. The system operates at ambient groundwater temperature of 7 to 9°C at 2.7 d hydraulic retention time and chlorophenol removal efficiencies of 98.5 to 99.9%. The microbial ecology studies of the contaminated aquifer revealed a diverse chlorophenol-degrading community. In situ biodegradation of chlorophenols is controlled by oxygen availability, only. Laboratory and pilot-scale experiments showed the potential for in situ aquifer bioremediation with iron oxidation and precipitation as a potential problem.

scholarly journals Pilot-scale study of vertical flow constructed wetland combined with trickling filter and ferric chloride coagulation: influence of irregular operational conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 1088-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kim ◽  
M. Gautier ◽  
G. Olvera Palma ◽  
P. Molle ◽  
P. Michel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Saturation Level ◽  
Vertical Flow ◽  
Trickling Filter ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland

The aim of this study was to characterize the efficiency of an intensified process of vertical flow constructed wetland having the following particularities: (i) biological pretreatment by trickling filter, (ii) FeCl3 injection for dissolved phosphorus removal and (iii) succession of different levels of redox conditions along the process line. A pilot-scale set-up designed to simulate a real-scale plant was constructed and operated using real wastewater. The influences of FeCl3 injection and water saturation level within the vertical flow constructed wetland stage on treatment performances were studied. Three different water saturation levels were compared by monitoring: suspended solids (SS), total phosphorus (TP), dissolved chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, iron, and manganese. The results confirmed the good overall efficiency of the process and the contribution of the trickling filter pretreatment to COD removal and nitrification. The effects of water saturation level and FeCl3 injection on phosphorus removal were evaluated by analysis of the correlations between the variables. Under unsaturated conditions, good nitrification and no denitrification were observed. Under partly saturated conditions, both nitrification and denitrification were obtained, along with a good retention of SSs. Finally, under saturated conditions, the performance was decreased for almost all parameters.

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