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Baigadilov A, Colombano S, Omirbekov S, Cochennec M, Davarzani D, Lion F, Oxarango L, Bodiguel H. Surfactant foam injection for remediation of diesel-contaminated soil: A comprehensive study on the role of co-surfactant in foaming formulation enhancement. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 930:172631. [PMID: 38670385 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Aqueous foam injection is a promising technique for in-situ remediation of soil and aquifers contaminated by petroleum products. However, the application efficiency is strongly hindered by foam's instability upon contact with hydrocarbons. Addressing this, we propose a new binary surfactant mixture of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) and Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine (CAHS). This study investigates CAHS's role as a co-surfactant in enhancing foam stability against antifoaming diesel oil under static and dynamic conditions. Using a dynamic foam analyzer (DFA-100), we assessed static foam's stability by monitoring decay profiles and bubble growth over time. The results revealed that the highest stability can be reached at a CAHS to SDS ratio of 50:50, increasing the half-life of the foam by 7.7 times. Remarkably, our analyses at bulk and bubble scales also elucidated the mechanisms behind the enhanced foam stability of the proposed binary surfactant mixture in the absence and presence of diesel. Additionally, in a 1D sand column, the SDS-CAHS mixture demonstrated more than twofold improvement of the Resistance Factor, attributed to the better survival of the lamellae due to the reduced rate of their destruction. This formulation also yielded a recovery improvement of >10 % compared to SDS foam. The significant improvements in stability and performance of the SDS-CAHS (50:50) mixture were credited to a robust pseudo-emulsion film formation, creating a higher oil entry barrier. This reinforcement and the surfactant molecules' synergistic interactions at the gas-liquid-oil interface significantly contributed to the overall effectiveness.
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- Adil Baigadilov
- BRGM (French Geological Survey), F-45060 Orléans, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LRP, Grenoble 38000, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble 38000, France.
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- National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
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- BRGM (French Geological Survey), F-45060 Orléans, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LRP, Grenoble 38000, France
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Mineo S. Groundwater and soil contamination by LNAPL: State of the art and future challenges. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 874:162394. [PMID: 36858232 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Contamination by Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (LNAPL) represents a challenge due to the difficulties encountered in its underground assessment and recovery. The major risks arising from subsoil LNAPL accumulation face human health and environment, gaining a social relevance also in the frame of a continuously changing climate. This paper reports on a literature review about the underground contamination by LNAPL, with the aims of providing a categorization of the aspects involved in this topic, analyzing the current state of the art, underlying potential lacks and future perspectives. The review was focused on papers published in the 2012-2022 time-interval, in journals indexed in Scopus and WoS databases, by querying "LNAPL" within article title, abstract and/or key words. 245 papers were collected and classified according to three "key approaches" -namely laboratory activity, field based-data studies and mathematical simulations- and subordinate "key themes", so to allow summarizing and commenting the main aspects based on the application setting, content and scope. Results show that there is a wide experience on plume dynamics and evolution, detection and monitoring through direct and indirect surveys, oil recovery and natural attenuation processes. Few cues of innovations were found regarding both the use of new materials and/or specific field configuration for remediation, and the application of new techniques for plume detection. Some limitations were found in the common oversimplification of the polluted media in laboratory or mathematical models, where the contamination is set within homogeneous porous environments, and in the low number of studies focused on rock masses, where the discontinuous hydraulic behavior complicates the address and modeling of the issue. This paper represents a reference for a quick update on the addressed topic, along with a starting point to develop new ideas and cues for the advance in one of the greatest environmental banes of the current century.
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- S Mineo
- University of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Corso Italia 57, Catania 95123, Italy.
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Numerical analysis of the fluid-solid interactions during steady and oscillatory flows of non-Newtonian fluids through deformable porous media. Chem Eng Res Des 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2023.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Zhao S, Zhang J, Feng SJ. The era of low-permeability sites remediation and corresponding technologies: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 313:137264. [PMID: 36400189 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rational utilization of soil resources and remediation of contaminated soils are imperative due to the rapidly growing demand for clean soils. Currently, many in-situ remediation technologies are less suitable at low-permeability sites due to the limitations of soil permeability. This work defines a low-permeability site as a site with hydraulic conductivity less than 10-4 cm/s, and summarizes the migration characteristics of representative contaminants at low-permeability sites, and discusses the principles and practical applications of different technologies suitable for the remediation of low-permeability sites, including electrokinetic remediation technology, polymer flushing technology, fracturing technology, and in-situ thermal remediation technology. Enhanced and combined remediation technologies are further described because one remediation technology cannot remediate all contaminants. The prospects for the application of remediation technologies to low-permeability sites are also proposed. This work highlights the necessity of low-permeability sites remediation and the urgent need for new remediation technologies, with the hope to inspire future research on low-permeability sites.
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- Shan Zhao
- College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China; College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Vavra E, Puerto M, Bai C, Ma K, Mateen K, Biswal L, Hirasaki G. Measuring in-situ capillary pressure of a flowing foam system in porous media. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 621:321-330. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fitzhenry E, Martel R, Robert T. Foam injection for enhanced recovery of diesel fuel in soils: Sand column tests monitored by CT scan imagery. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 434:128777. [PMID: 35462124 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The use of surfactant foam for the remediation of diesel fuel, a Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL), was investigated in sand column experiments using X-ray Computed Tomography (CT). A preliminary series of tests were carried out on six surfactant candidates in order to measure their physical properties, including critical micelle concentrations and interfacial tensions (IFT) with the LNAPL. Batch tests for foam stability were carried out with and without added LNAPL, in order to measure the half-life of foam columns produced with each surfactant candidate. Foam flow-rate co-injection tests were carried out for each surfactant candidate in 405 cm3 sand columns contaminated with LNAPL at residual saturation. These tests revealed that a 1:1 mixture of sodium dodecyl sulfate and cocamidopropyl betaine, injected at a total volumetric flow-rate (Qfoam) of 45 mL/min, resulted in successful generation and propagation of foam within the contaminated porous medium. Finally, two sand column tests, carried out respectively under high- and low-pressure conditions, were imaged with a CT-scanner in order to compare and contrast foam morphology evolution as well as the LNAPL desaturation dynamics involved in both scenarios. The saturation profiles extracted from CT images provided valuable new insights.
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- Emily Fitzhenry
- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
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- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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Dual-energy CT scan protocol optimization to monitor transient fluid saturation distributions during three-phase flow in sand columns. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Numerical analysis of the pore-scale mechanisms controlling the efficiency of immiscible displacement of a pollutant phase by a shear-thinning fluid. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Grassia P. Electro-osmotic and viscous effects upon pressure to drive a droplet through a capillary. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2022; 478:20210801. [PMID: 35173521 PMCID: PMC8826501 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A charged oil droplet advancing into a charged capillary is considered, assuming the special case in which charges are opposite and equal. The droplet is surrounded by an aqueous phase that wets the capillary wall, such that a thin film adjacent to the wall is laid down as the droplet advances. Electro-osmotic conjoining pressures contrive to make the film even thinner than in an uncharged case. The pressure drop needed to drive the droplet along is examined. The pressure drop is dominated by capillarity but contains electro-osmotic and viscous corrections. The viscous correction is shown to be remarkably insensitive to the presence of electro-osmotic effects. The electro-osmotic pressure correction is negative, reflecting work done by the electro-osmotic conjoining pressure as film is laid down. The negative electro-osmotic correction to pressure drop can far exceed the positive viscous correction. As a result, in the presence of conjoining pressures, a droplet can be driven along a capillary channel with even less pressure drop than is seen for a static uncharged droplet.
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- Paul Grassia
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
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Davarzani H, Aranda R, Colombano S, Laurent F, Bertin H. Experimental study of foam propagation and stability in highly permeable porous media under lateral water flow: Diverting groundwater for application to soil remediation. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2021; 243:103917. [PMID: 34758436 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Foam propagation and stability in highly permeable porous media, encountered in soil pollution applications, are still challenging. Here, we investigated the application of foam for blocking the aquifer to divert the flow from a contaminated zone and, therefore, ease the remediation treatments. The main aim was to better understand the critical parameters when the foam is injected into a highly permeable aquifer with high groundwater flow velocity (up to 10 m/day). A decimetric-scale 2D tank experimental setup filled with 1 mm glass beads was used. The front part of the 2D tank was made of transparent glass to photograph the foam flow using the light-reflected method. The water flow was generated horizontally through injection and pumping points on the sides of the tank. The pre-generated foam was injected at the bottom center of the tank. Water streamlines (using dye tracing) and water saturation were investigated using image interpretation. Results show that 100% of the water flow was diverted during the injection of the foam. Foam stability in porous media depends significantly on the horizontal water flow rate. Recirculating water containing the surfactant increases foam stability. The main mechanism of destruction was identified as the dilution of the surfactant in water. However, the head-loss measurements showed that despite foam destruction, the relative permeability of the water phase in the media remained quite low. Injection of foam increases the radius of gas propagation, thanks to foam's high viscosity, compared to a pure gas injection case. These results are new highlights on the efficiency of foam as a blocking agent, showing that it can also serve as a means for gas transport more efficiently in porous media, especially for soil remediation applications.
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- BRGM, 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, 45100 Orléans, France
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- Solvay RICL, 85 rue des Frères Perret, 69192 St Fons, France
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- I2M, Université de Bordeaux, 33405 Talence, France
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Wang Z, Sun J, Wang Y, Guo H, Aryana SA. Optimum concentration of fly ash nanoparticles to stabilize CO 2 foams for aquifer and soil remediation. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2021; 242:103853. [PMID: 34217881 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Contamination caused by non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in aquifers and soil is an important challenge that requires effective remediation techniques. One potential approach is through the use of CO2 foams to displace NAPLs from permeable media. CO2 foams generated only by surfactants are not stable enough for the efficient removal of NAPLs contamination. This shortcoming may be alleviated via the use of nanoparticles (NPs)-surfactant mixtures as a stabilizing agent. This work focuses on the evaluation of the optimum concentration of fly ash nanoparticles for stabilizing CO2 foam with the combined action of the surfactant. The performance of this foam is evaluated in remediating a contaminated 41 mm × 36 mm surrogate permeable medium in a microfluidic device. Mixtures of fly ash, a by-product of coal-burning power plants, and alpha-olefin sulfonate (AOS) and lauramidopropyl betaine (LAPB) surfactants are used to generate stable foams. The results show that a 1000 mg/L AOS-LAPB surfactant solution along with 1000 mg/L of fly ash NPs produces the best performance. Formation of deposits in the matrix is observed. These deposits, which are more prominent at higher NP concentrations, appear to adversely affect displacement, displacement efficiency and remediation of the medium. This study demonstrates that using fly ash nanoparticles and optimizing their concentration can effectively stabilize CO2 foams and improve the displacement efficiency for aquifer and soil remediation.
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- Zhe Wang
- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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Yang C, Offiong NA, Zhang C, Liu F, Dong J. Mechanisms of irreversible density modification using colloidal biliquid aphron for dense nonaqueous phase liquids in contaminated aquifer remediation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 415:125667. [PMID: 33756198 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The use of colloidal biliquid aphron (CBLA) as density modifier to reduce the density of dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) irreversibly is an efficient strategy to control the migration of DNAPLs in contaminated aquifers. However, the process and mechanism of the density regulation using CBLA is still not clear and there is still a big gap in the application of CBLA in actual contaminated sites. In this study, we carried out density modification of 5 DNAPLs (nitrobenzene (NB), dichloromethane (DCM), trichloroethylene (TCE), carbon tetrachloride (CTC), perchloroethylene (PCE)) using CBLA and studied the effect of co-existing ions by 3D response surface method. We found that DNAPLs changed to light nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) and float up after interaction with light organic liquid from CBLA. The density modification process is limited by the demulsificaiton of CBLA and the density of DNAPL itself. Density regulation of DNAPLs followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. The co-existing ions affected the stability of CBLA and the demulsification ability of the demulsifier. Aquifer materials and low temperature did not influence the density control effect of CBLA. This research advances the practical application of density control of DNAPLs using CBLA, and makes important contributions for subsequent combined remediation approach.
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- Chaoge Yang
- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Petrochemical Contaminated Site Control and Remediation Technology, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China; Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Petrochemical Contaminated Site Control and Remediation Technology, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China; Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Petrochemical Contaminated Site Control and Remediation Technology, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China; Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Petrochemical Contaminated Site Control and Remediation Technology, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China; Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Petrochemical Contaminated Site Control and Remediation Technology, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China; Key Lab of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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Forey N, Atteia O, Omari A, Bertin H. Use of saponin foam reinforced with colloidal particles as an application to soil remediation: Experiments in a 2D tank. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2021; 238:103761. [PMID: 33482372 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Foam can be used to achieve environmental remediation in case of contamination caused by light non aqueous phase spills. However, when it comes in contact with oily pollutants, foam becomes weaker and its life time is greatly reduced. Such weakening can be dampened by using silica particles -together with saponin surfactant- which were shown to reinforce foam in bulk and 1D sandpack experiments. Here is addressed both foam propagation in a 2D porous media when buoyancy and gravity interfere, and foam behaviour when in contact with floating oil. Therefore, macroscopic foam displacement, and specific liquid and gas phases behaviours were studied in a 2D-tank. A piston-like displacement was observed during foam propagation in the absence of oil, while foam liquid phase was influenced by gravity and did not propagate homogeneously on entire tank height. In the presence of oil, foam was partly destroyed, which increased the local permeability of gas and created new preferential paths for gas flow. This effect was partially avoided via a surfactant concentration increase, but solid colloidal particles turned out to be a more efficient stabilizing agent, by significantly increasing foam strength and its oil-tolerance.
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- Natacha Forey
- I2M, UMR CNRS 5295, Université de Bordeaux, Esplanade des Arts et Métiers, 33405 Talence Cedex, France.
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- ENSEGID, EA 4592, 1 Allée Fernand Daguin, 33607 Pessac, France
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- I2M, UMR CNRS 5295, Université de Bordeaux, Esplanade des Arts et Métiers, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- I2M, UMR CNRS 5295, Université de Bordeaux, Esplanade des Arts et Métiers, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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Bouzid I, Pino Herrera D, Dierick M, Pechaud Y, Langlois V, Klein PY, Albaric J, Fatin-Rouge N. A new foam-based method for the (bio)degradation of hydrocarbons in contaminated vadose zone. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 401:123420. [PMID: 32763708 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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An innovative foam-based method for Fenton reagents (FR) and bacteria delivery was assessed for the in situ remediation of a petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated unsaturated zone. The surfactant foam was first injected, then reagent solutions were delivered and propagated through the network of foam lamellae with a piston-like effect. Bench-scale experiments demonstrated the feasibility of the various treatments with hydrocarbon (HC) removal efficiencies as high as 96 %. Compared to the direct injection of FR solutions, the foam-based method led to larger radii of influence and more isotropic reagents delivery, whereas it did not show any detrimental effect regarding HC oxidation. Despite 25 % of HCs were expelled from the treated zone because of high foam viscosity, average degradation rates were increased by 20 %. At field-scale, foam and reagent solutions injections in soil were tracked both using visual observation and differential electric resistivity tomography. The latter demonstrated the controlled delivery of the reactive solutions using the foam-based method. Even if the foam-based method duration is about 5-times longer than the direct injection of amendment solutions, it provides important benefits, such as the confinement of harmful volatile hydrocarbons during Fenton treatments, the enhanced reagents delivery and the 30 % lower consumption of the latter.
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- I Bouzid
- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté-Besançon, Institut UTINAM-UMR CNRS 6213, 16, route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement (LGE), EA4508, UPEM, 77454, Marne-la-Vallée, France
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- REMEA, 22 Rue Lavoisier, 92000 Nanterre, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement (LGE), EA4508, UPEM, 77454, Marne-la-Vallée, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement (LGE), EA4508, UPEM, 77454, Marne-la-Vallée, France
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- REMEA, 22 Rue Lavoisier, 92000 Nanterre, France
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- Laboratoire de Chrono-Environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, Université de Bourgogne, Franche-Comté, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté-Besançon, Institut UTINAM-UMR CNRS 6213, 16, route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, France.
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Li Y, Hu J, Liu H, Zhou C, Tian S. Electrochemically reversible foam enhanced flushing for PAHs-contaminated soil: Stability of surfactant foam, effects of soil factors, and surfactant reversible recovery. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 260:127645. [PMID: 32693262 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although surfactant foams enhanced-remediation for PAHs-contaminated soil has been proved to be an effective method, lack of simple/economic surfactant recovery methods from the eluent solutions limit its further remediation application for organic contaminated soil. Here, we prepared a electrochemically reversible ferrocene surfactant FcCH2N+(CH3)C12H25 (Fc12), then investigated the foaming ability and foam stability of Fc12 under its reduced (active state) and oxidation (inactive state) states and explored the flushing efficiency of reduced Fc12 foam for PAHs-contaminated soil and the recovery efficiency of collected eluent solution. The results showed that the foaming ability and foam stability of reduced Fc12 are greatly higher than those of oxidized Fc12, which is indicative of a well reversibly switchable characteristic of Fc12. The contaminated soil flushing efficiencies of reduced Fc12 for phenanthrene and pyrene were 65.28% and 46.45%. The respective desorption efficiency of phenanthrene and pyrene from collected eluent solutions were calculated to be 74.94% and 72.75% by electrochemical oxidation control, which indicates that Fc12 can be well recovered by simple electrochemical control. This study provides a feasible method for the recovery of surfactants from surfactant-enhanced remediation processes by simply electrochemical control.
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- Yingjie Li
- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China.
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Martel R, Portois C, Robert T, Uyeda M. Etched glass micromodel for laboratory simulation of NAPL recovery mechanisms by surfactant solutions in fractured rock. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2019; 227:103550. [PMID: 31493908 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.103550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fractured porous media receive less attention than classic porous media in terms of remediation processes and sui` techniques that can be applied efficiently. An etched glass micromodel was built in order to simulate a fractured bedrock. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the feasibility of surfactant-alcohol injection to recover NAPL with this fractured glass micromodel. The influence of several parameters influencing NAPL recovery via surfactant injection were tested in the micromodel: the ratio of alcohol to surfactant, the total concentration of active matter (alcohol + surfactant), the number of pore volume injected, the direction of the injection, and the continuous or pulsed injection mode. These tests made it possible to identify the key parameters for a better recovery of NAPL in a fractured environment, which are: continuous upward injection, six pore volume of surfactant solution and a n-AmOH/n-BuOH ratio of 2.5. Micromodel experiments were compared to previous reported experiments using the same surfactant solutions injected in classical porous media. The lower capillary number being required for NAPL recovery in porous media is probably related to the better sweep and the increase in surface area available for NAPL dissolution. NAPL recovery may be improved by increasing the capillary number by increasing the injected surfactant solution viscosity with polymer or by injecting foam.
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- Richard Martel
- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada.
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- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Jacobs Engineering Ltd, 4720 Kingsway Suite 2100, Burnaby, BC V5H4N2, Canada
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Karthick A, Roy B, Chattopadhyay P. A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 243:187-205. [PMID: 31096172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil, used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health. In this review article, mechanisms of the petroleum oil contaminant removal from soil by chemical surfactant systems such as surfactant solution, surfactant foam and nanoparticle stabilized surfactant foams are explained. Laboratory based research works, reported within the last decade on the application of similar systems towards the removal of petroleum oil contaminant from the soil, have been discussed. It is an important fact that the commercial implementation of the chemical surfactant based technology depends on the environmental properties (biodegradability and toxicity) of the surfactants. In recent times, surfactant foam and nanoparticle stabilized surfactant foam are becoming more popular and considered advantageous over the use of surfactant solution alone. However, more research works have to be conducted on nanoparticle stabilized foam. The impact of physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles on soil remediation has to be explored in depth.
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- Arun Karthick
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani Campus, Pilani, VidyaVihar, 333031, Rajasthan, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani Campus, Pilani, VidyaVihar, 333031, Rajasthan, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani Campus, Pilani, VidyaVihar, 333031, Rajasthan, India.
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Surfactant Foam Selection for Enhanced Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (LNAPL) Recovery in Contaminated Aquifers. Transp Porous Media 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-019-01292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Tracking a Foam Front in a 3D, Heterogeneous Porous Medium. Transp Porous Media 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-018-1185-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bouzid I, Maire J, Ahmed SI, Fatin-Rouge N. Enhanced remedial reagents delivery in unsaturated anisotropic soils using surfactant foam. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 210:977-986. [PMID: 30208558 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Homogeneous delivery of solution of oxidant in unsaturated soils is limited by soil anisotropy and gravity. An innovative injection strategy using foam was developed to improve in situ delivery. Primary foam injection before oxidant solution enhanced both the lateral and uniform delivery of reactant in isotropic and anisotropic (permeability, contamination) soils. The oxidant spread isotropically through the foam water network. This sequential injection heavily improved the delivery radius of influence (ROI), while limiting contact between surfactant and solution of oxidant in order to preserve the selective oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons contaminant (TPH). Prior foam injection allowed uniform delivery of the solution of oxidant across the region occupied by the foam, regardless of the soil permeability contrast (1:18), whereas poor ROI were observed for the direct injection of oxidant. Experiments in contamination contrasted soils showed that foam was able to propagate in highly TPH contaminated soils (max 60% velocity reduction for 22 g.kgdry soil-1). As for permeability contrast, foam is expected to enhance reagents delivery in such contexts. This novel strategy was proven to be efficient, even for complex anisotropic conditions, and should allow to cut field costs and uncertainties associated to poor reagents delivery.
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- Iheb Bouzid
- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté - Besançon, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté - Besançon, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté - Besançon, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté - Besançon, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, France.
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Portois C, Essouayed E, Annable MD, Guiserix N, Joubert A, Atteia O. Field demonstration of foam injection to confine a chlorinated solvent source zone. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2018; 214:16-23. [PMID: 29805033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A novel approach using foam to manage hazardous waste was successfully demonstrated under active site conditions. The purpose of the foam was to divert groundwater flow, that would normally enter the source zone area, to reduce dissolved contaminant release to the aquifer. During the demonstration, foam was pre generated and directly injected surrounding the chlorinated solvent source zone. Despite the constraints related to the industrial activities and non-optimal position of the injection points, the applicability and effectiveness of the approach have been highlighted using multiple metrics. A combination of measurements and modelling allowed definition of the foam extent surrounding each injection point, and this appears to be the critical metric to define the success of the foam injection approach. Information on the transport of chlorinated solvents in groundwater showed a decrease of contaminant flux by a factor of 4.4 downstream of the confined area. The effective permeability reduction was maintained over a period of three months. The successful containment provides evidence for consideration of the use of foam to improve traditional flushing techniques, by increasing the targeting of contaminants by remedial agents.
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- Clément Portois
- Bordeaux INP ENSEGID, University of Bordeaux Montaigne, EA 4592 Georessources et Environnement, Carnot ISIFoR, 1 Allée Daguin, Pessac 33 600, France; Renault SAS, 1 Allée du Golf, Guyancourt 78 280, France.
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- Bordeaux INP ENSEGID, University of Bordeaux Montaigne, EA 4592 Georessources et Environnement, Carnot ISIFoR, 1 Allée Daguin, Pessac 33 600, France
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- Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Bordeaux INP ENSEGID, University of Bordeaux Montaigne, EA 4592 Georessources et Environnement, Carnot ISIFoR, 1 Allée Daguin, Pessac 33 600, France
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Maire J, Brunol E, Fatin-Rouge N. Shear-thinning fluids for gravity and anisotropy mitigation during soil remediation in the vadose zone. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 197:661-669. [PMID: 29407830 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.01.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Surfactant foam has been proposed as an effective treatment fluid for in situ environmental remediation of soils. In the vadose zone, it could improve treatment homogeneity, but its use remains challenging. To better understand and predict foam formation and propagation in vadose zone, we studied them in 24 soils with wide range of properties (including permeability: 2 10-12 to 3.3 10-9 m2). Foam rheology showed to be complex and mostly influenced by soil permeability and grading. Below 2 10-11 m2, foam propagation velocity was not influenced by permeability. Conversely, slight shear thinning to Newtonian behavior was observed for higher permeabilities. Benefits for remediation in anisotropic vadose zones and the injection strategies (mobility control agent or blocking agent) were discussed. Moreover, different methods of foam injection were compared over the range of soil permeability. It showed that "surfactant alternating gas" method was the most suitable for soil permeability lower than 5 10-10 m2 to avoid soil fracturing. Conversely, in higher permeability soils, pre-generated foam was required to get high viscosity foam. Foam and xanthan polymer solution behaviors were compared across the range of permeability studied. They show similarities, and the benefits of one among the other should be evaluated for each specific case.
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- Julien Maire
- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, F- 25030, Besançon Cedex, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, F- 25030, Besançon Cedex, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Institut UTINAM - UMR CNRS 6213, 16, Route de Gray, F- 25030, Besançon Cedex, France.
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