Dissolved organic matter effects on the performance of a barrier to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon transport by groundwater.
In order to contain the movement of organic contaminants in groundwater, a subsurface sorption barrier consisting of sand or clay minerals coated with a cationic surfactant has been proposed. The effectiveness of such a sorption barrier might be affected by the presence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the groundwater. To study the impact of DOM on barrier performance, a series of batch experiments were performed by measuring naphthalene and phenanthrene sorption onto sand coated with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and bentonite coated with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMA) in the presence of various concentrations of DOM. The overall soil-water distribution coefficient (K*) of naphthalene and phenanthrene onto CPC-coated sand decreased with increasing DOM concentration, whereas the K* of the compounds onto HDTMA-coated bentonite slightly increased with increasing DOM concentration. To describe the overall distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the systems, a competitive multiphase sorption (CMS) model was developed and compared with an overall mechanistic sorption (OMS) model. The modeling studies showed that while the OMS model did not explain the CPC-coated sand experimental results, a model that included competitive sorption between DOM and PAH did. The experimental results and the modeling study indicated that there was no apparent competition between DOM and PAH in the HDTMA-coated bentonite system, and indicated that in groundwater systems with high DOM, a barrier using HDTMA-coated bentonite might be more effective.
Moon
Jung-Won
JW
National Subsurface Environmental Research Laboratory, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, South Korea.
Goltz
Mark N
MN
Ahn
Kyu-Hong
KH
Park
Jae-Woo
JW
D000327:Adsorption; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001546:Bentonite / Q000737:chemistry; D000077215:Clay; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D001546:Bentonite; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D000077215:Clay