Determination of Soil Washing Condition for Light Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils

Light Hydrocarbon에 오염된 토양의 용매추출조건에 관한 연구

This study was conducted to establish an ideal condition for obtaining maximum extraction efficiencies using an array of soil types and under a wide variety of conditions. Nine characteristic compounds were studied: benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, n-propylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, and n-butylbenzene which were found in gasoline. Increasing the moisture content resulted in decreased recovery, and recovery of hydrocarbons from wet soils was significantly lower than from dry soils. For the batch extraction process, 4 hours of extraction time was sufficient to give optimum recovery of the contaminants. With methanol as an extraction solvent, maximum recovery time appeared to be reached quicker for BTEX components than with 2-propanol. The 2 to 1 ratio of solvent/soil was chosen as a compromise to provide for the indicated minimum solvent use and high extraction efficiency. The 0.4 mg/g soil contamination was adequate to show quantitative recovery. The percent recovery of BTEX was concentration dependent more than the semivolatile compounds. Methanol and 2-propanol consistently gave higher efficiency than water. Methanol was superior to 2-propanol in removing contaminants from silty clay loam soil. Using the most efficient extraction procedure, the average recovery of the light hydrocarbons from the three soils was 66 percent. Recoveries were also dependent on soil type, solvent type, extraction time, solvent amount, contaminant concentration, and compounds volatility. This study provided a useful screening technique for procedures that can be used to remediate soils contaminated with light hydrocarbons.

본 실험은 석유의 주요성분인 benzene, toluene, p,m,o-xylene, ethylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, n-butylbenzene 등 light hydrocarbon에 오염된 토양의 회복에 필요한 최적 용매추출 조건을 밝히기 위하여 실시하였다. 토양의 수분함량이 증가할수록 추출효율은 감소하였으며, Methanol을 용매로 사용하였을때에 BTEX화합물은 1시간 추출시 최고 추출효율에 도달하였으며 고분자 hydrocarbon은 4시간이상 추출시 최고 추출효율에 도달하였다. 2-Propanol을 추출용매로 사용할때는 모든 light hydrocarbon은 추출 4시간 경과시 최고의 추출효율을 나타냈다. 추출용매와 토양의 비율이 2:1일때 가장 경제적이고 효율적이고 추출이 이루어 졌으며, 0.4mg/g이상의 토양오염 농도에서 최적의 추출효과가 나타났다. 위의 최적조건으로 light hydrocarbon 오염토양을 batch extraction을 이용하여 추출하였을 때 평균 66%의 light hydrocarbon이 회수되었으며, 회수율은 토양의 종류, 추출용매의 종류 그리고 hydrocarbon의 종류에 따라 좌우되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 석유에 오염된 토양의 회복을 위한 토양세척에 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.