Comparison between Donor Substrates for Biologically Enhanced Tetrachloroethene DNAPL Dissolution

Yang, Young-Soo; McCarty, Perry L.

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“…the aqueous phase, and (ii) the transformation of PCE to compounds with higher aqueous phase solubilities (e.g., DCEs) (1). Bioenhancement of NAPL dissolution has been observed experimentally in sand column and box experiments (19,21,25). Further experiments with batch cultures have demonstrated the ability of some dechlorinating cultures to transform a mixed (PCE/tridecane) NAPL (17,26) and to achieve complete PCE-DNAPL dissolution (20).…”

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“…Several studies with pure cultures (see Table S1, Supporting Information) and with mixed dechlorinating consortia (e.g., [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] have shown that bacterial PCE dechlorination occurs at or near saturated PCE concentrations. For instance, Desulfuromonas michiganensis strain BB1 was reported to dechlorinate at saturated PCE concentrations and to grow in the presence of PCE DNAPL (4).…”

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“…Several mixed culture studies suggest that PCE dechlorination occurs at high, even saturated, concentrations of PCE (e.g., [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The ability of these mixed cultures to dechlorinate at elevated PCE concentrations may be due to (i) the presence of dechlorinating strains acclimated to high PCE concentrations, or (ii) dechlorinators that exhibit increased PCE tolerance as members of mixed microbial communities (e.g., biofilms).…”

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Experimental Evaluation and Mathematical Modeling of Microbially Enhanced Tetrachloroethene (PCE) Dissolution

Amos

Christ

Abriola

et al. 2006

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Experiments to assess metabolic reductive dechlorination (chlororespiration) at high concentration levels consistent with the presence of free-phase tetrachloroethene (PCE) were performed using three PCE-to-cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) dechlorinating pure cultures (Sulfurospirillum multivorans, Desulfuromonas michiganensis strain BB1, and Geobacter lovleyi strain SZ) and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain Viet1, a PCE-to-trichloroethene (TCE) dechlorinating isolate. Despite recent evidence suggesting bacterial PCE-to-cis-DCE dechlorination occurs at or near PCE saturation (0.9-1.2 mM), all cultures tested ceased dechlorinating at ∼0.54 mM PCE. In the presence of PCE dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL), strains BB1 and SZ initially dechlorinated, but TCE and cis-DCE production ceased when aqueous PCE concentrations reached inhibitory levels. For S. multivorans, dechlorination proceeded at a rate sufficient to maintain PCE concentrations below inhibitory levels, resulting in continuous cis-DCE production and complete dissolution of the PCE DNAPL. A novel mathematical model, which accounts for loss of dechlorinating activity at inhibitory PCE concentrations, was developed to simultaneously describe PCE-DNAPL dissolution and reductive dechlorination kinetics. The model predicted that conditions corresponding to a bioavailability number (Bn) less than 1.25 × 10 -2 will lead to dissolution enhancement with the tested cultures, while conditions corresponding to a Bn greater than this threshold value can result in accumulation of PCE to inhibitory dissolved-phase levels, limiting PCE transformation and dissolution enhancement. These results suggest that microorganisms incapable of dechlorinating at high PCE concentrations can enhance the dissolution and transformation of PCE from free-phase DNAPL.

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Experimental Evaluation and Mathematical Modeling of Microbially Enhanced Tetrachloroethene (PCE) Dissolution

Amos

Christ

Abriola

et al. 2006

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…The rate of dissolution from a nonaqueous phase has been studied in laboratory experiments (Powers et al, 1994), and in numerical studies at the pore scale (Dillard and Blunt, 2000;Held and Celia, 2001) and field scale Zhu and Sykes, 2000;Dillard et al, 2001). Our knowledge of multicomponent field-scale dissolution influenced by biodegradation is limited (Khachikian and Harmon, 2000) although recent studies have examined this issue in column experiments (Seagren et al, 1993;Yang and McCarty, 2002).…”

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Inverse modeling of BTEX dissolution and biodegradation at the Bemidji, MN crude-oil spill site

Essaid

Cozzarelli

Eganhouse

et al. 2003

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) solute transport and biodegradation code BIOMOC was used in conjunction with the USGS universal inverse modeling code UCODE to quantify field-scale hydrocarbon dissolution and biodegradation at the USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program crude-oil spill research site located near Bemidji, MN. This inverse modeling effort used the extensive historical data compiled at the Bemidji site from 1986 to 1997 and incorporated a multicomponent transport and biodegradation model. Inverse modeling was successful when coupled transport and degradation processes were incorporated into the model and a single dissolution rate coefficient was used for all BTEX components. Assuming a stationary oil body, we simulated benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m,p-xylene, and o-xylene (BTEX) concentrations in the oil and ground water, respectively, as well as dissolved oxygen. Dissolution from the oil phase and aerobic and anaerobic degradation processes were represented. The parameters estimated were the recharge rate, hydraulic conductivity, dissolution rate coefficient, individual first-order BTEX anaerobic degradation rates, and transverse dispersivity. Results were similar for simulations obtained using several alternative conceptual models of the hydrologic system and biodegradation processes. The dissolved BTEX concentration data were not sufficient to discriminate between these conceptual models. The calibrated simulations reproduced the general large-scale evolution of the plume, but did not reproduce the observed small-scale spatial and temporal variability in concentrations. The estimated anaerobic biodegradation rates for toluene and o-xylene were greater than the dissolution rate coefficient. However, the estimated anaerobic biodegradation rates for benzene, ethylbenzene, and m,p-xylene were less than the dissolution rate coefficient. The calibrated model was used to determine the BTEX mass balance in the oil body and groundwater plume. This article is a U.S. government work, and is not subject to copyright in the United States.Dissolution from the oil body was greatest for compounds with large effective solubilities (benzene) and with large degradation rates (toluene and o-xylene). Anaerobic degradation removed 77% of the BTEX that dissolved into the water phase and aerobic degradation removed 17%. Although goodness-of-fit measures for the alternative conceptual models were not significantly different, predictions made with the models were quite variable. D

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“…• Electron donors scarceness (Yang and McCarty, 2002;Aulenta et al, 2006;: It may be bypassed by the addiction of organic biodegradable substrates. Molecular hydrogen is the most important electron donor in reductive dehalogenation processes and its generation in situ remediation processes is usually due to the degradation of organic substrates, thus defined indirect electron donors, by means of fermentative processes.…”

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Evaluation of Hydrogen/Oxygen Release Compounds for the Remediation of VOCs

Fiore¹

2011

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Problem statement: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) were widespread in groundwater of industrialized areas and in situ remediation intervents characterized by a high environmental compatibility were of main interest. The scope of this study was the evaluation of the potential of two innovative reagents (HRC and ORC from Regenesis) for the remediation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). The reagents respectively perform reduction and oxidation mechanisms, both effective in the degradation of VOCs. Approach: Hydrogen Release Compound (HRC) and Oxygen Release Compound (ORC) were tested about the degradation of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) and some Chlorinated Aliphatic compounds (CAHs). Five series of batch tests were performed with an artificial polluted aqueous phase and some soil coming from a polluted site in which natural attenuation of VOCs occurs. Results: ORC exhibited a good efficiency in degradation of BTEX and zero order model was found as a reliable approximation of experimental data (with the exceptions of benzene and toluene, for which a first order kinetic model was trustworthy), while HRC showed a good efficiency in the degradation of CAHs and a first order model consistently estimated almost all experimental data. The experimental data were modeled by means of different mathematical equations, considering zero and first order kinetics and the results were discussed and compared. Conclusions: On the grounds of the performed tests, Oxygen Release Compound (ORC) is effective in BTEX degradation and Hydrogen Release Compound (HRC) in CAHs removal.

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Comparison between Donor Substrates for Biologically Enhanced Tetrachloroethene DNAPL Dissolution

Cited by 126 publications

References 14 publications

Experimental Evaluation and Mathematical Modeling of Microbially Enhanced Tetrachloroethene (PCE) Dissolution

Experimental Evaluation and Mathematical Modeling of Microbially Enhanced Tetrachloroethene (PCE) Dissolution

Inverse modeling of BTEX dissolution and biodegradation at the Bemidji, MN crude-oil spill site

Evaluation of Hydrogen/Oxygen Release Compounds for the Remediation of VOCs

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