scholarly journals Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Remediation of Low Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (LMWPAHs) in Contaminated Soils

Author(s):  
Fahad N I AL Barakah
PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0256853
Author(s):  
Sher-Rine Kong ◽  
Masanobu Yamamoto ◽  
Hasrizal Shaari ◽  
Ryoma Hayashi ◽  
Osamu Seki ◽  
...  

The reconstruction of fire history is essential to understand the palaeoclimate and human history. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been extensively used as a fire marker. In this work, the distribution of PAHs in Borneo peat archives was investigated to understand how PAHs reflect the palaeo-fire activity. In total, 52 peat samples were analysed from a Borneo peat core for the PAH analysis. Pyrogenic PAHs consist of 2–7 aromatic rings, some of which have methyl and ethyl groups. The results reveal that the concentration of pyrogenic PAHs fluctuated with the core depth. Compared to low-molecular-weight (LMW) PAHs, the high-molecular-weight (HMW) PAHs had a more similar depth variation to the charcoal abundance. This finding also suggests that the HMW PAHs were mainly formed at a local fire near the study area, while the LMW PAHs could be transported from remote locations.


Chemosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 132-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anithadevi Kenday Sivaram ◽  
Panneerselvan Logeshwaran ◽  
Robin Lockington ◽  
Ravi Naidu ◽  
Mallavarapu Megharaj

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Salih Hassan Jazza ◽  
Abdul Hussain Y. Al-Adhub ◽  
Hamid T. Al-Saad

The present study was performed to have knowledge of Polycyclic Aromatic  Hydrocarbonspollution status in water. The samples were collected during two seasons (winter and summer 2012 ,2013) from four different stations) Al-Magideh, Treatment unit, Al-Husaichi and Al-Zubair) distributed along Al-KahlaaRiver in Missan province, in addition to reference station lies on the Tigris river before  25 Km  from entering to Amara city. The concentrations of PAHs were determined in by using capillary Gas Chromatography. Results of the present  study revealed that the total concentrations of PAHs  in dissolved fraction  ranged from 0.739 ng.l-1 in Reference station to 1.974 ng.l-1 in Treatment unit during winter, and from 0.300 ng.l-1 in Reference station to 1.125 ng.l-1 in Treatment unit during summer, while in the particulate fraction they varied from 0.79 ng.g-1 dry weight in Reference station to 24.42  ng.g-1 dry weight in Treatment unit during winter, and from 4.369 ng.g-1 dry weight in Reference station to 10.545 ng.g-1 dry weight in Al-Husaich during summer. It had been noticed that there were a predominance of high molecular weight PAHs on low molecular weight, while  BaA/(BaA+Chr) ratio in water ranged from 0.218 to 0.804. InP/(InP+BghiP) ratio ranged between 0 and 0.578,whereas Fl/Pyratio ranged between 0.150 and 2 ,this give an indication of  the origin  of PAHs compounds in water which were mainly pyrogenic and few from them  petrogenic. Keywords: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, water, pollution


2018 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Guizhai Zhang ◽  
Youjiang Diao

Based on field data of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and sediment in Nansi Lake. The concentrations and the partitioning characteristic of PAHs in the water and sediment were studied. The lgKd of high molecular weight PAHs were higher than the low molecular weight PAHs. The most of PAHs Kd values were negligible correlated with TOC, soluble salt, clay and pH of the sediment in Nansi Lake.


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