Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals

The soil contaminated with petroleum products must be excluded from the crops and treated to reclamation processes. Natural processes of decomposition of hydrocarbon compounds go very slow, so it is necessary to use bioaugumentation or stimulation in order to accelerate the return of the soil to hig...

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Main Authors: Rosik-Dulewska Czesława, Krzyśko-Łupicka Teresa, Ciesielczuk Tomasz, Kręcidło Łukasz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
Series:Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0023
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spelling doaj-a6be3c742e274016955461c4f42029342021-09-05T13:59:42ZengSciendoPolish Journal of Chemical Technology1899-47412015-06-01172172210.1515/pjct-2015-0023Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicalsRosik-Dulewska Czesława0Krzyśko-Łupicka Teresa1Ciesielczuk Tomasz2Kręcidło Łukasz3Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, PolandUniversity of Opole, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Kominka Str. 6a, 45-035 Opole, PolandUniversity of Opole, Department of Land Protection, Oleska Str 22, 45-052 Opole, PolandUniversity of Opole, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Kominka Str. 6a, 45-035 Opole, PolandThe soil contaminated with petroleum products must be excluded from the crops and treated to reclamation processes. Natural processes of decomposition of hydrocarbon compounds go very slow, so it is necessary to use bioaugumentation or stimulation in order to accelerate the return of the soil to high culture. In this study the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the process of cleaning soil strongly contaminated with pertochemicals was investigated. For this purpose, a pot experiment lasting 60 days was carried. The dynamics of changes in the population of filamentous fungi, yeasts and bacteria were examined and also content of aliphatic hydrocarbons (n-alkanes), monoaromatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Experimental use of hydrogen peroxide in the process of biodegradation of petroleum compounds assisted in the analyzed soil led to an increase of the number of grampositive bacteria during the test. Stimulation of oil products biodegradation by hydrogen peroxide also increased by 35% decomposition efficiency of aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8-C40) and about 50% PAH’s in comparison to control samples without hydrogen peroxide. There was no influence of hydrogen peroxide on the content of monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) with respect to controls, although in the end of experiment, the total concentration decreased by about 50% compared to the initial content.https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0023soilremediationpetrochemicalshydrogen peroxide
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author Rosik-Dulewska Czesława
Krzyśko-Łupicka Teresa
Ciesielczuk Tomasz
Kręcidło Łukasz
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Krzyśko-Łupicka Teresa
Ciesielczuk Tomasz
Kręcidło Łukasz
Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
soil
remediation
petrochemicals
hydrogen peroxide
author_facet Rosik-Dulewska Czesława
Krzyśko-Łupicka Teresa
Ciesielczuk Tomasz
Kręcidło Łukasz
author_sort Rosik-Dulewska Czesława
title Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
title_short Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
title_full Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
title_fullStr Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
title_full_unstemmed Hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
title_sort hydrogen peroxide as a biodegradation stimulator in remediation processes of soils heavily contaminated with petrochemicals
publisher Sciendo
series Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
issn 1899-4741
publishDate 2015-06-01
description The soil contaminated with petroleum products must be excluded from the crops and treated to reclamation processes. Natural processes of decomposition of hydrocarbon compounds go very slow, so it is necessary to use bioaugumentation or stimulation in order to accelerate the return of the soil to high culture. In this study the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the process of cleaning soil strongly contaminated with pertochemicals was investigated. For this purpose, a pot experiment lasting 60 days was carried. The dynamics of changes in the population of filamentous fungi, yeasts and bacteria were examined and also content of aliphatic hydrocarbons (n-alkanes), monoaromatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Experimental use of hydrogen peroxide in the process of biodegradation of petroleum compounds assisted in the analyzed soil led to an increase of the number of grampositive bacteria during the test. Stimulation of oil products biodegradation by hydrogen peroxide also increased by 35% decomposition efficiency of aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8-C40) and about 50% PAH’s in comparison to control samples without hydrogen peroxide. There was no influence of hydrogen peroxide on the content of monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) with respect to controls, although in the end of experiment, the total concentration decreased by about 50% compared to the initial content.
topic soil
remediation
petrochemicals
hydrogen peroxide
url https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0023
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