Journal article
Degradation of TCE, Cr(VI), sulfate, and nitrate mixtures by granular iron in flow-through columns under different microbial conditions
Water research, Vol.36(8), pp.1973-1982
2002
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00409-2
Abstract
Flow-through aquifer columns packed with a middle layer of granular iron (Fe0) were used to study the applicability and limitations of bio-enhanced Fe0 barriers for the treatment of contaminant mixtures in groundwater. Concentration profiles along the columns showed extensive degradation of hexavalent chromium Cr(VI), nitrate, sulfate, and trichloroethene (TCE), mainly in the Fe0 layer. One column was bioaugmented with Shewanella algae BRY, an iron-reducing bacterium that could enhance Fe0 reactivity by reductive dissolution of passivating iron oxides. This strain did not enhance Cr(VI), which was rapidly reduced by iron, leaving little room for improvement by microbial participation. Nevertheless, BRY-enhanced nitrate removal (from 15% to 80%), partly because this strain has a wide range of electron acceptors, including nitrate. Sulfate was removed (55%) only in a column that was bioaugmented with a mixed culture containing sulfate-reducing bacteria. Apparently, these bacteria used H2 (produced by Fe0 corrosion) as electron donor to respire sulfate. Most of the TCE was degraded in the zone containing Fe0 (50–70%), and bioaugmentation with BRY slightly increased the removal efficiency to about 80%. Microbial colonization of the Fe0 surface was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Degradation of TCE, Cr(VI), sulfate, and nitrate mixtures by granular iron in flow-through columns under different microbial conditions
- Creators
- Sumeet GandhiByung-Taek OhJerald L. Schnoor - University of IowaPedro J J Alvarez
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Water research, Vol.36(8), pp.1973-1982
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00409-2
- ISSN
- 0043-1354
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health
- Record Identifier
- 9983557543202771
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