An Investigation into the Capability of Sporsarcina Pasteuri on Improvement and Refinement of Contaminated Hydrocarbon Soils

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors

Mohammad Taghi Bolouri Bazaz

J. Bolouri Bazzaz

Seyyed Mohsen Karrabi

Civil Engineering Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhd, Iran.

10.22067/jfcei.2021.61749.0

Abstract

In the present century, the use of various petroleum products and fossil fuels has been an integral part of industry and human progress. Nowadays the major concern, in addition to the use of petroleum products, is their uncontrolled diffusion in various parts such as extraction, processing, transfer and use. The other problem with the utilization of these products has arisen in the field of geotechnical engineering includes environmental pollution and the creation of problematic contaminated soils. Many solutions to these problems have been investigated and presented separately. In the present study, the microbiologically induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) method, as a solution to purify contaminated soils and to improve its reduced bearing capacity with two petroleum products, diesel and engine oil, has been proposed. The bacterium used in this process was Sporsarcina pasteuri, which was added to the contaminated soil as a flocculate bacterium. In two stages; purification evaluation (using chromatographic results) and geotechnical improvement (using direct shear and permeability test results) were performed. With the aid of FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) analysis and chromatographic diagrams, a reduction of peaks of the identified components in the treated sample in comparison to the standard sample (prepared from diesel or engine oil) was observed. On the other hand, improving the geotechnical properties of contaminated soils was one of the most important effects observed in the treated samples.

Keywords

Environmental pollution

Improvement

Refinement

Sporsarcina pasteuri

Chromatography and FTIR

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