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Effects of Dissolved Compounds in Groundwater on TCE Degradations Reaction by Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron

나노영가철의 TCE 분해반응 시 지하수 용존물질의 영향

  • Kim, Tae-Ho (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Hong-Seok (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Yong (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Cheon, Jeong-Yong (GeoGreen 21 Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Lee, Kang-Kun (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hwang, In-Seong (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 김태호 (부산대학교 사회환경시스템공학과) ;
  • 김홍석 (부산대학교 사회환경시스템공학과) ;
  • 이진용 (강원대학교 지질학과) ;
  • 천정용 (지오그린21) ;
  • 이강근 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부) ;
  • 황인성 (부산대학교 사회환경시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2011.02.25
  • Accepted : 2011.06.26
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

Nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) particles were tested as remediation media for groundwater contaminated by organic pollutants (e.g., TCE, trichloroethylene). The contaminated groundwater contained anions ($NO_3^-$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4^{2-}$, and $HCO_3^-$) and natural organic matter (NOM). Treatability of commercial NZVI particles (NANOFER 25, Nanoiron, Czech) was tested by using a synthetic groundwater and the field groundwater samples. More than 95% of 1.8 mM TCE was removed within 20 hours with a NZVI dosage of 25 g/L ($k=0.15hr^{-1}$). Repetitive degradation experiments revealed that the removal capacity of NANOFER 25 was 0.19 mmole TCE/g NZVI. TCE degradation reactions were not substantially affected by the presence of each anion with concentrations as high as 100 times the average field concentrations. However, when the four anions ($NO_3^-$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4^{2-}$, $HCO_3^-$) were present simultaneously. the degradation reactivity and removal capacity were decreased by 60% ($k=0.069hr^{-1}$) and 10%, respectively. The k value of TCE degradation in the presence of NZVI (25 g/L) with dissovled organic carbon of 2.5 mg/L was also decreased by 84% ($k=0.025hr^{-1}$). In the experiments with the field groundwater, more than 90% of $1.8{\mu}M$ TCE, which is the concentration of TCE at the source zone, was removed within 10 hours with a NANOFER 25 dosage of 25 g/L. The results imply that the contaminated groundwater can effectively be treated by NANOFER 25 with more information on the hydrogeology of the site.

본 연구에서는 TCE 등의 유기오염물질로 오염된 현장의 지하수를 처리하기 위한 반응매질로써 나노영가철(nanoscale zero valent iron, NZVI)의 적용성을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 오염현장에서는 TCE 외에 음이온($NO_3^-$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4^{2-}$, $HCO_3^-$)과 자연유기물질(natural organic matter, NOM)이 검출되었으며 상업용 나노영가철(NANOFER 25, Nanorion)을 이용하여 모의, 현장 지하수를 처리하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. TCE만을 고려한 처리실험에서 25 g/L의 NANOFER 25는 1.8 mM TCE를 약 20시간에 95% 이상 처리하였으며($k=0.15hr^{-1}$), TCE 반복주입을 통해 평가한 NANOFER 25의 반응용량은 0.19 mmole TCE/g NZVI인 것으로 나타났다. 음이온은 개별 음이온의 농도는 반응성에 큰 영향을 주지 않았으나 4가지 음이온을 모두 포함하는 오염현장의 평균농도로 제조한 모의지하수처리 시 유사 1차속도상수(k)가 $0.069hr^{-1}$로 60% 감소하였으며 총 반응용량은 10% 감소하였다. 용존성 유기물(DOC)를 기준으로 한 유기물의 현장 평균농도에서는 반응속도상수가 $0.025hr^{-1}$로 84%까지 감소하는 것도 확인할 수 있었다. 오염현장에서 최고의 TCE 농도($1.8{\mu}M$)를 가지는 현장지하수를 이용하여 처리하였을 때는 TCE 농도가 낮아 25 g/L의 NANOFER 25를 사용하여 10시간 내 90% 이상의 TCE를 분해할 수 있었다. 본 연구결과와 현장 오염지하수에 대한 수리, 지질학적 조사결과를 접목할 경우, 향후 효율적인 현장 지하수처리 결과를 도출할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

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