Polyurethane foam (PUF) passive samplers for monitoring phenanthrene in stormwater

Yueqin Dou; Tian C Zhang; Jing Zeng; John Stansbury; Massoum Moussavi; Dana L Richter-Egger; Mitchell R Klein

doi:10.1039/c5em00591d

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Polyurethane foam (PUF) passive samplers for monitoring phenanthrene in stormwater

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Polyurethane foam (PUF) passive samplers for monitoring phenanthrene in stormwater

Yueqin Dou, Tian C Zhang, Jing Zeng, John Stansbury, Massoum Moussavi, Dana L Richter-Egger and Mitchell R Klein

Environmental science--processes & impacts, Vol.18(4), pp.473-481

04/2016

DOI: 10.1039/c5em00591d

PMID: 26942631

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Abstract

Pollution from highway stormwater runoff has been an increasing area of concern. Many structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been implemented for stormwater treatment and management. One challenge for these BMPs is to sample stormwater and monitor BMP performance. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using polyurethane foam (PUF) passive samplers (PSs) for sampling phenanthrene (PHE) in highway stormwater runoff and BMPs. Tests were conducted using batch reactors, glass-tube columns, and laboratory-scale BMPs (bioretention cells). Results indicate that sorption for PHE by PUF is mainly linearly relative to time, and the high sorption capacity allows the PUF passive sampler to monitor stormwater events for months or years. The PUF passive samplers could be embedded in BMPs for monitoring influent and effluent PHE concentrations. Models developed to link the results of batch and column tests proved to be useful for determining removal or sorption parameters and performance of the PUF-PSs. The predicted removal efficiencies of BMPs were close to the real values obtained from the control columns with errors ranging between -8.46 and 1.52%. This research showed that it is possible to use PUF passive samplers for sampling stormwater and monitoring the performance of stormwater BMPs, which warrants the field-scale feasibility studies in the future.

Environmental Monitoring - methods

Humans

Phenanthrenes - analysis

Polyurethanes

Rain - chemistry

Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis

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Title: Subtitle: Polyurethane foam (PUF) passive samplers for monitoring phenanthrene in stormwater
Creators: Yueqin Dou - Anhui University
Tian C Zhang - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jing Zeng - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
John Stansbury - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Massoum Moussavi
Dana L Richter-Egger
Mitchell R Klein - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Environmental science--processes & impacts, Vol.18(4), pp.473-481
DOI: 10.1039/c5em00591d
PMID: 26942631
NLM abbreviation: Environ Sci Process Impacts
ISSN: 2050-7887
eISSN: 2050-7895
Language: English
Date published: 04/2016
Academic Unit: Iowa Technology Institute; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984197163002771

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