WO2011047144A1 - Description de pcbs sur des matériaux de béton et de brique - Google Patents

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WO2011047144A1
WO2011047144A1 PCT/US2010/052657 US2010052657W WO2011047144A1 WO 2011047144 A1 WO2011047144 A1 WO 2011047144A1 US 2010052657 W US2010052657 W US 2010052657W WO 2011047144 A1 WO2011047144 A1 WO 2011047144A1
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John B. Collins
Jessica R. Hoag
Jane Hongjie Li
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
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  • the present invention relates to methods for remediating contaminants on porous materials using surfactant-enhanced in situ chemical oxidation (S-ISCO).
  • S-ISCO surfactant-enhanced in situ chemical oxidation
  • provisional application number 61/064,553 filed March 11, 2008; international application PCT/US2009/001550, filed March 11, 2009, now published as WO2009/114146; U.S. provisional application number 61/064,554, filed March 11, 2008; U.S. provisional application number 61/071,526, filed May 5, 2008; international application PCT/US2009/044402, filed May 18, 2009, published as WO2009/140694; U.S. provisional application number 61/071,785, filed May 16, 2008; U.S. Patent Application No. 12/667,384, filed April 13, 2010; international application PCT US2010/050781, filed September 29, 2010; U.S. provisional application number 61/246,953, filed September 29, 2009; U.S. Patent Application No.
  • PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls
  • PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls
  • PCBs Prior to a federal ban in 1979, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were used widely, for example, in transformers and as plasticizers and dyes. 1.4 billion pounds of PCBs were manufactured in the U.S. prior to 1977. PCBs are now recognized as toxic, carcinogenic, and environmentally persistent, that is, stable and resistant to degradation.
  • the term PCB encompasses 209 individual compounds (congeners) having varying toxicity. PCBs were released to the environment as components of, for example, transformer, compressor, hydraulic, and heat transfer oils, and contaminated soils and sediments as well as construction materials and features such as concrete, bricks, and pipes. 150,000 tons of PCBs reside in landfills.
  • a plant-derived surfactant is applied to the surface of a material that includes a contaminant, so that the plant-derived surfactant solubilizes the contaminant.
  • An oxidant can also be applied to the surface, so that the oxidant degrades the contaminant.
  • the oxidant can be applied to the surface simultaneously with, after, or before applying the plant-derived surfactant.
  • the contaminant and the plant-derived surfactant can form an emulsion.
  • the plant-derived surfactant can penetrate into the material and/or extract the contaminant from the material.
  • the plant- derived surfactant can include an extract, pressing, juice, or portion of a plant, such as the pulp, seed, or rind, or a chemically modified extract, pressing, juice, or portion of a plant, such as the pulp, seed, or rind, or a combination.
  • the plant-derived surfactant can include a non-ionic surfactant derived from castor oil, a non-ionic surfactant derived from coconut oil, and combinations.
  • the oxidant can include a persulfate, sodium persulfate, a peroxide, hydrogen peroxide, calcium peroxide, or a combination.
  • Ultraviolet light or visible light can be used to irradiate the surface, alone or in conjunction with an oxidant, for example, for photolytic degradation.
  • An activator can be applied to the surface along with irradiation of the surface with visible or ultraviolet light.
  • an octahedral molecular sieve, titanium dioxide, and/or doped titanium dioxide can be applied to the surface and the surface can be irradiated with ultraviolet light and/or visible light.
  • the contaminant can include a hydrocarbon, an aromatic hydrocarbon, a halogenated hydrocarbon, a halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, a chlorinated hydrocarbon, a chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon, a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), a non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL), a light NAPL, a dense NAPL, an oil, a transformer oil, a hydraulic oil, a compressor oil, a metal machining lubricant fluid, or a combination of these.
  • a hydrocarbon an aromatic hydrocarbon, a halogenated hydrocarbon, a halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, a chlorinated hydrocarbon, a chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon, a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), a non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL), a light NAPL, a dense NAPL, an oil, a transformer oil, a hydraulic oil, a compressor oil, a metal machining lubricant fluid, or a combination of these.
  • the contaminated material treated can include a manmade material, a natural material, a porous material, a material porous to water, a material porous to oil, a material having an open cell foam structure, a closed cell foam structure, and/or a cellular structure, concrete, brick, clay, a clay material, a fired clay material, adobe, terra cotta, earth, packed earth, sand, stone aggregate, wood, drywall, gypsum, pressboard, plywood, linoleum, ceramic or marble tile, a material used in the building or construction industry, paper, a pipe material, lumber, a processed wood material, polyvinyl chloride, or a combination.
  • the concentration of the contaminant in the material within an 0.5 inch depth of the surface can be reduced to less than about 20000, 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05, 0.02, 0.01,
  • the concentration of the contaminant in the material within an 0.5 inch depth of the surface can be reduced to less than about 90%, 80%, 67%, 50%, 20%, 10%, 5%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or 0.1% of the initial concentration of the contaminant.
  • an activator is applied to the surface, as well as the plant-derived surfactant and the oxidant.
  • the activator can include a metal, iron, a zero valent metal, zero valent iron, a metal chelate, an iron chelate, Fe- TAML (iron tetra-amido macrocyclic ligand), an octahedral molecular sieve, titanium dioxide, doped titanium dioxide (for example, metal-doped titanium oxide), or a combination of these.
  • the oxidant is applied to the surface simultaneously with the plant-derived surfactant.
  • the oxidant can be applied to the surface after applying the plant-derived surfactant or before applying the plant- derived surfactant.
  • a first quantity of oxidant can be applied to the surface before applying the plant-derived surfactant, a second quantity of oxidant can be applied to the surface with the plant-derived surfactant, and/or a third quantity of oxidant can be applied to the surface after the plant-derived surfactant has been applied.
  • Ultraviolet light or visible light can be applied, in addition to or instead of an oxidant.
  • a base and/or an acid is applied to the surface of the material.
  • the base can include a mineral base, an organic base, a strong base, a weak base, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, an alkali metal hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or a combination.
  • the acid can include a mineral acid, an organic acid, a strong acid, a weak acid, sulfuric acid, a hydrohalogen acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, citric acid, peracetic acid, or a combination.
  • a composition in an embodiment according to the present invention, includes a manmade porous material, a contaminant within the pores of the manmade porous material, a plant-derived surfactant in an amount effective to solubilize the contaminant, and an oxidant in an amount effective to oxidize the contaminant.
  • Figure 1 presents a photograph of vials containing the PCB Aroclor 1254, water, and VeruSOL-3 surfactant at various concentrations.
  • a vial serving as a first control contained water with no Aroclor or VeruSOL-3, and a vial serving as a second control contained 50 mg of Aroclor and water, but no VeruSOL-3.
  • Figure 2 presents a graph showing concentration of Aroclor 1254 as a function of the concentration of VeruSOL-3, with solubility enhancement factors ⁇ indicated.
  • Figure 3 A presents photographs of a vial containing PCB solubilized with
  • FIG. 3B presents photographs of a vial containing PCBs solubilized with VeruSOL and vials containing the solubilized VeruSOL and alkaline persulfate or green nano iron activated persulfate.
  • Figure 4 presents a bar graph showing the concentration of Aroclor 1254 in the vials shown in Figs. 3 A and 3B.
  • Figure 5 presents a bar graph showing the concentration of Aroclor 1254 in a sample of solubilized Aroclor 1254 and in samples subsequently treated with Fe-TAML catalyzed hydrogen peroxide and green nano zero valent iron catalyzed hydrogen peroxide, respectively.
  • Figure 6 presents a bar graph showing the concentration of Aroclor 1254 in the liquid phase of PCB contaminated concrete blocks treated with VeruSOL-3 alone, treated with VeruSOL-3 and sodium persulfate, treated with VeruSOL-3 and hydrogen peroxide, and treated with VeruSOL-3, hydrogen peroxide, and sodium persulfate.
  • Figure 7 presents a bar graph showing the concentration of Aroclor 1254 within solid concrete blocks that were contaminated with PCB. Concentrations are shown for a control sample of a PCB contaminated concrete block that was not subsequently treated, as well as for PCB contaminated concrete blocks that were treated with VeruSOL-3 alone, treated with VeruSOL-3 and sodium persulfate, treated with VeruSOL-3 and hydrogen peroxide, and treated with VeruSOL-3, hydrogen peroxide, and sodium persulfate.
  • PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls
  • One such factor is the highly hydrophobic nature of PCBs, making them unavailable for aqueous phase destruction reactions.
  • phase PCBs or PCBs present in various organic matrices, such as transformer oils, hydraulic oils, compressor oils, and waste oils can be difficult to remediate through chemical oxidation.
  • PCBs historically used in hydraulic, compressor, and transformer oils, and grouting materials, when accidently released to contact construction materials present a challenging matrix for remediation.
  • PCB contaminated concrete and bricks generally require grinding removal of the surface of the concrete or brick, or complete demolition followed by disposal in a TSCA regulated landfill meeting the requirements of 40 CFR ⁇ 761.75 if concentrations exceed 50 ppm (parts per million).
  • Plant-oil based surfactants effectively emulsify pure PCB oil and PCB oils in transformer and compressor oils. Solubility enhancement factors in the solubilized phase, beyond that in water alone, approach 2000. Destruction of PCBs with homolog specific analysis of the surfactant emulsified solution is effective using either peroxide- or persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes. Advanced oxidation reactions, such as photooxidation, catalyzed hydrogen peroxide, activated persulfate, and some combinations of these can degrade PCB congeners. For example, treatment of a PCB in an aqueous medium with persulfate can reduce the PCB concentration to less than one-half of the initial value within 2 hours.
  • the plant-oil based surfactants can act to micellularize organic liquid contaminants in water. As such, the plant-oil based surfactants act to enhance the apparent solubility of the organic liquid contaminants in water.
  • the contaminant can reside on the surface of or within the structure of the micelle.
  • the process of micellularization is also referred to as emulsification or solubilization in the present text.
  • a plant-derived surfactant is applied to the surface of a material that includes a contaminant, so that the plant-derived surfactant solubilizes the contaminant.
  • the contaminant and the plant-derived surfactant can form an emulsion.
  • An oxidant can be applied to the surface, so that the oxidant degrades the contaminant.
  • a simultaneous or sequential application of surfactants and oxidants, such as free radical oxidants, can be effective at desorption and destruction of PCBs in a contaminated manmade material, concrete, bricks, and/or a material porous to water.
  • the VeruSOL surfactant derived from extracts of plants, can be applied to the contaminated surface, and can be sequentially followed by treatment with an oxidant to cause free radical oxidation of the contaminant.
  • the VeruSOL surfactant can be applied simultaneously with oxidant to the contaminated surface to cause free radical oxidation of the contaminant.
  • the contaminated material to treat can be clay, a clay material, a fired clay material, adobe, terra cotta, earth, packed earth, sand, stone aggregate, wood, drywall, gypsum, pressboard, plywood, linoleum, ceramic or marble tile, a material used in the building or construction industry, paper, and/or a pipe material.
  • Porous to water can mean that water can penetrate the material, for example, by flowing through channels in the material or by diffusing through the material.
  • the material can have an open cell foam structure, a closed cell foam structure, and/or a cellular structure.
  • the plant-derived surfactant can penetrate into and/or extract contaminant from the material.
  • the oxidant can be applied to the surface of a material simultaneously with, before, and/or after applying the plant-derived surfactant.
  • an activator is applied to the surface of a material.
  • the activator can be a metal, iron, a zero valent metal, zero valent iron, a metal chelate, an iron chelate, Fe-TAML (iron tetra-amido macrocyclic ligand), an octahedral molecular sieve, titanium dioxide, doped titanium dioxide (for example, metal-doped titanium dioxide), or a combination.
  • a titanium dioxide and/or doped titanium dioxide activator can be applied to the surface of the material, and the surface of the material can be irradiated with visible and/or ultraviolet light. The light can stimulate photocatalytic activity of the titanium dioxide, for example, in the production of hydroxyl radicals from water, and can promote the degradation of contaminants such as PCBs.
  • mechanical vibration, sound waves, ultrasound waves, heat, infrared radiation, visible light radiation, and/or ultraviolet radiation can be applied to the surface of the material.
  • the infrared, visible light, and/or ultraviolet radiation can itself promote the degradation of a contaminant, such as a PCB, or can work in conjunction with a photocatalyst, such as titanium dioxide, or another photoactive substance applied to the surface of the material to promote degradation of a contaminant, such as a PCB.
  • a base can be applied to the surface of the material.
  • the base can be alkali metal hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, and/or potassium hydroxide.
  • an acid can be applied to the surface of the material.
  • the concentration of contaminant in the material within an 0.5 inch depth of the surface is reduced to less than about 20000, 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05, 0.02, 0.01, 0.005, 0.002, or 0.001 ppm (parts per million).
  • the concentration of contaminant in the material within an 0.5 inch depth of the surface is reduced to less than about 90%, 80%, 67%, 50%, 20%, 10%, 5%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or 0.1% of the concentration of contaminant prior to application of the surfactant.
  • surfactant includes surfactant compounds, cosolvent compounds, and mixtures.
  • plant oil based surfactants are surfactants having at least one plant oil.
  • plant-derived surfactant means a surfactant having at least one plant-derived material.
  • Contaminant encompasses any organic compound present in a location that, by its presence, diminishes the usefulness of the location for productive activity or natural resources, or would diminish such usefulness if present in greater amounts or if left in the location for a length of time.
  • the location may be subsurface, on land, in or under the sea or in the air.
  • Contaminant thus can encompass trace amounts or quantities of such a substance.
  • productive activities include, without limitation, the following: recreation; residential use; industrial use; habitation by animal, plant, or other life forms, including humans; and similar such activities.
  • Examples of natural resources are aquifers, wetlands, sediments, soils, plant life, animal life, and ambient air quality.
  • contaminated means containing one or more contaminant. Contaminated soil, contaminated groundwater, or contaminated wastewater may each include one or more contaminants.
  • the plant-derived surfactant and/or plant-oil based surfactant can include a substance made from a naturally occurring biodegradable plant oil.
  • a surfactant and/or cosolvent can be or can be derived from a plant extract or a biodegradable plant extract, that is, it can be plant derived.
  • the plant-derived surfactant can include an extract, pressing, juice, and/or portion of a plant or a chemically modified extract, pressing, juice, and/or portion of a plant.
  • the surfactant can comprise a substance made from castor oil, coca oil, coconut oil, soy oil, tallow oil, cotton seed oil, or a naturally occurring plant oil. Additionally or alternatively, the surfactant can comprise VeruSOL-1, VeruSOL-2, VeruSOL-3, VeruSOL-4, VeruSOL-5, VeruSOL-6, Citrus Burst 1, Citrus Burst 2, Citrus Burst 3, or E-Z Mulse.
  • the surfactant can comprise ALFOTER A 53, ALFOTERRA 123-8S, ALFOTERRA 145-S, ALFOTERRA L167-7S, ETHOX HCO-5, ETHOX HCO-25, ETHOX CO-5, ETHOX CO-40, ETHOX ML-5, ETHAL LA-4, AG-6202, AG-6206, ETHOX CO-36, ETHOX CO-81, ETHOX CO-25, ETHOX TO-16, ETHSORBOX L-20, ETHOX MO- 14, S-MAZ 80K, T-MAZ 60 K 60, TERGITOL L-64, DOWFAX 8390, ALFOTERRA L167-4S, ALFOTERRA L123-4S, or ALFOTERRA L145-4S.
  • the surfactant can include a surfactant/co-solvent mixture
  • the co- solvent can include, for example, dilimnone, terpinoids, alcohols, and/or plant-based solvents.
  • surfactants and surfactant/co-solvent mixtures include terpenes, citrus- derived terpenes, limonene, d-limonene, castor oil, coca oil, coconut oil, soy oil, tallow oil, cotton seed oil, and a naturally occurring plant oil.
  • the surfactant and/or cosolvent can be a nonionic surfactant, such as ethoxylated soybean oil, ethoxylated castor oil, ethoxylated coconut fatty acid, and amidified, ethoxylated coconut fatty acid.
  • a composition of surfactant and cosolvent can include at least one citrus terpene and at least one surfactant.
  • a citrus terpene may be, for example, CAS No. 94266-47-4, citrus peels extract (citrus spp.), citrus extract, Curacao peel extract (Citrus aurantium L.), EINECS No. 304-454-3, FEMA No. 2318, or FEMA No. 2344.
  • a surfactant may be a nonionic surfactant.
  • a surfactant may be an ethoxylated castor oil, an ethoxylated coconut fatty acid, or an amidified, ethoxylated coconut fatty acid.
  • An ethoxylated castor oil can include, for example, a polyoxyethylene (20) castor oil, CAS No.
  • An ethoxylated coconut fatty acid can include, for example, CAS No. 39287-84-8, CAS No. 61791-29-5, CAS No.
  • ethoxylated coconut fatty acid polyethylene glycol ester of coconut fatty acid, ethoxylated coconut oil acid, polyethylene glycol monoester of coconut oil fatty acid, ethoxylated coco fatty acid, PEG- 15 cocoate, PEG-5 cocoate, PEG-8 cocoate, polyethylene glycol (15) monococoate, polyethylene glycol (5) monococoate, polyethylene glycol 400 monococoate, polyethylene glycol monococonut ester, monococonate polyethylene glycol, monococonut oil fatty acid ester of polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene (15) monococoate, polyoxyethylene (5) monococoate, or polyoxyethylene (8) monococoate.
  • An amidified, ethoxylated coconut fatty acid can include, for example, CAS No. 61791-08-0, ethoxylated reaction products of coco fatty acids with ethanolamine, PEG- 11 cocamide, PEG-20 cocamide, PEG-3 cocamide, PEG-5 cocamide, PEG- 6 cocamide, PEG-7 cocamide, polyethylene glycol (11) coconut amide, polyethylene glycol (3) coconut amide, polyethylene glycol (5) coconut amide, polyethylene glycol (7) coconut amide, polyethylene glycol 1000 coconut amide, polyethylene glycol 300 coconut amide, polyoxyethylene (11) coconut amide, polyoxyethylene (20) coconut amide, polyoxyethylene (3) coconut amide, polyoxyethylene (5) coconut amide, polyoxyethylene (6) coconut amide, polyoxyethylene (7) coconut amide, an alkyl polyglucoside, an alkyl polyglucoside-based surfactant, a decyl polyglucoside, or an alkyl decylpolyglucoside-based sur
  • surfactants derived from natural plant oils are ethoxylated coca oils, coconut oils, soybean oils, castor oils, corn oils, and palm oils. Many of these natural plant oils are U.S. FDA GRAS. VeruSOL-3, other VeruSOL surfactants, and S-ISCO technology, products, and services are available from VeruTEK Technologies, Inc. ALFOTERRA surfactants are available from Sasol North America. Citrus Burst surfactants are available from Florida Chemical. Ethox, Ethal, and Ethsorbox surfactants are available from Ethox Chemicals. S-Maz and T-Maz surfactants are available from BASF. Tergitol and DOWFAX are available from Dow Chemical.
  • the activator may include a metal, a transition metal, a chelated metal, a complexed metal, a metallorganic complex, and hydrogen peroxide.
  • activators which are other external agents or conditions include heat, temperature, and high pH.
  • activators include a metal, iron, Fe(II), Fe(III), a metal chelate, an iron chelate, iron-EDTA, Fe(II)-EDTA, Fe(III)-EDTA, iron- citric acid, Fe(II)-citric acid, Fe(III)-citric acid, a zero valent metal, such as a nanoscale zero valent metal, zero valent iron, such as nanoscale zero valent iron (e.g., zero valent iron particles having a diameter in the range of from about 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, or 500 nm to about 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, or 1000 nm), hydrogen peroxide, high pH, and heat.
  • a zero valent metal such as a nanoscale zero valent metal
  • zero valent iron such as nanoscale zero valent iron (e.g., zero valent iron particles having a diameter in the range of from about 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, or 500 nm to about 2, 5, 10, 20,
  • an alkali metal EDTA compound such as sodium EDTA
  • the activator may be an Fe- TAML compound.
  • Fe-TAML compounds are described, for example, in U.S. Patents 5,847,120, 5,876,625, 6,011,152, 6,051,704, 6,054580, 6,099,586, 6,100,394, 6,136,223, 6,241,779, and 7,060,818, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
  • the oxidant can be a chemical oxidant such as a permanganate, an alkali metal permanganate, potassium permanganate, molecular oxygen, ozone, a persulfate, an alkali metal persulfate, sodium persulfate, an activated persulfate, a percarbonate, an activated percarbonate, a peroxide, an alkali earth peroxide, calcium peroxide, or hydrogen peroxide, or ultraviolet (uV) light or any combination of these oxidants with or without uV light. Additional oxidants and details regarding the same are described in the aforementioned U.S. Published Patent Application No. 2008/0207981.
  • contaminants include dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), light nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated solvents, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and various organic chemicals, such as petroleum products.
  • DNAPLs dense nonaqueous phase liquids
  • LNAPLs light nonaqueous phase liquids
  • PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • chlorinated solvents pesticides
  • polychlorinated biphenyls and various organic chemicals, such as petroleum products.
  • contaminants include volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs), chlorinated solvents, dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), light nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs), aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, halogenated hydrocarbons, halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene, hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, petroleum range hydrocarbons and combinations thereof.
  • a contaminant can include an oil, a transformer oil, a hydraulic oil, a compressor oil, a metal machining lubricant fluid, and combinations.
  • Contaminants can be associated with, for example, manufactured gas plant residuals, creosote wood treating liquids, petroleum residuals, pesticide, or polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds and other waste products or byproducts of industrial processes and commercial activities.
  • PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
  • a plant-derived surfactant such as a castor oil derivative, a coconut oil derivative, or VeruSOL-3
  • a contaminant such as a PCB
  • the plant-derived surfactant can penetrate into the material and solubilize, emulsify, or suspend the contaminant. The contaminant can thereby be extracted from the pores of the material to the surface of the material.
  • the liquid including the contaminant dissolved, emulsified, or suspended in the plant-derived surfactant can then be gathered from the surface of the material, for example, by using an absorbent substance (such as a sponge), using a vacuum cleaner, wiping the fluid into a container, or rinsing the fluid into a container.
  • the gathered liquid can then be disposed of in a regulatory-compliant manner.
  • an oxidant can be applied to the surface of the manmade porous material.
  • the oxidant can be dissolved, emulsified, or suspended in the plant-derived surfactant applied to the surface of the material.
  • the oxidant can be applied to the surface of the material in a step separate from the application of the plant-derived surfactant.
  • the oxidant can be applied to the surface of the material before or after the application of the plant-derived surfactant.
  • the oxidant for example, sodium persulfate and/or hydrogen peroxide, can act to oxidize and destroy the contaminant within the pores of the manmade porous material, and/or can act to oxidize and destroy the contaminant at the surface of the manmade porous material.
  • the oxidant can oxidize and decompose contaminant that is extracted by the plant- derived surfactant from the pores to the surface of the manmade porous material.
  • the oxidant may be included with the plant-derived surfactant in a treatment liquid, so as to facilitate one- step treatment of a manmade porous material.
  • the mixture of plant-derived surfactant and oxidant can be applied to contaminated concrete blocks and allowed to remediate the blocks by oxidizing the contaminant within the pores of the blocks and/or on the surface of the blocks.
  • the plant-derived surfactant alone can be applied to the surface of a contaminated material to extract the contaminant from pores to the surface of the material, and the oxidant can be then applied in a second step to the surface to oxidize and destroy the contaminant on the surface of the material.
  • Such a two-step approach can be useful, for example, to minimize undesired degradation of the interior of the manmade porous material by the oxidant.
  • Aroclor 1254 a PCB
  • 50 mg of Aroclor was placed into each of several 4 mL vials with Sudan IV red hydrophobic dye (to facilitate identification of the non-aqueous phase) and water.
  • the VeruSOL-3 surfactant was added to achieve concentrations of VeruSOL-3 of 1 g/L, 2.5 g/L, 5.0 g/L, and 10 g/L.
  • a first control contained water with no Aroclor or VeruSOL-3
  • a second control contained 50 mg of Aroclor and water, but no VeruSOL-3.
  • the concentration of the PCBs was determined with three types of PCB analysis: Aroclor specific analysis, homolog specific analysis, and congener specific analysis.
  • a photograph of the vials is shown in Fig. 1.
  • Figure 2 presents a graph showing the concentration of Aroclor 1254 in the emulsion formed with the VeruSOL-3 along the vertical axis as a function of concentration of VeruSOL-3 along the horizontal axis.
  • the Aroclor 1254 has a concentration in the VeruSOL-3-water emulsion of about 1700 mg/L, a solubility enhancement of about 1946 times over that of Aroclor 1254 in water without VeruSOL-3.
  • VeruSOL-3 as a surfactant effectively promotes the emulsification of PCBs.
  • PCBs for example, Aroclor 1254
  • concentrations of PCBs were determined with a technique based on EPA Method 8082 using a gas chromatograph/electron capture detector.
  • PCB congeners SW846 8082 from Mitkem Laboratories were used as the PCBs in this Example 1. These PCB congeners were also used as analytical standards.
  • the left-hand photograph in Fig. 3 shows the Aroclor- VeruSOL-3 -water emulsion in the vial at left.
  • the vial at right served as a control and contained Aroclor and water, but no VeruSOL.
  • the vials were shaken for 72 hours and then allowed to settle for 24 hours.
  • the Aroclor-VeruSOL-3-water emulsion was then used in tests of the ability of various compositions to oxidize the Aroclor PCB.
  • the right-hand photograph in Fig. 3 shows results after 5 days of treatment with an oxidant composition.
  • the first vial represents a control, in which no oxidant composition was added to the Aroclor- VeruSOL-3- water emulsion.
  • an alkaline-activated persulfate sodium persulfate activated with the base sodium hydroxide
  • the clarity of the fluid after 5 days indicated that the persulfate had oxidized and degraded the Aroclor PCB.
  • a mixture of persulfate and zero valent iron nanoparticles had been added to the emulsion.
  • the zero valent iron nanoparticles were formed by a green process using plant extracts as set forth in international application PCT/US2009/044402, filed May 18, 2009 (published as WO2009/140694 A2 on June 3, 2010); the description in this international application is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the clarity of the fluid after 5 days indicated that the persulfate had oxidized and degraded the Aroclor PCB.
  • the graph presented in Fig. 4 shows that the Aroclor emulsion treated with persulfate for five days and the Aroclor emulsion treated with the iron nanoparticles for five days have a concentration of Aroclor 1254 that is only one-fifth of the concentration in the control vial which sat for five days without the addition of persulfate.
  • the Aroclor- VeruSOL-3 -water emulsion was treated in one case with hydrogen peroxide and iron tetra-amido macrocyclic ligand (Fe-TAML) as a catalyst, and in a second case with hydrogen peroxide and the iron nanoparticles produced by the green method.
  • Figure 5 presents a graph comparing the concentration of Aroclor in the treated emulsions with an untreated control emulsion.
  • 73.1% of the Aroclor 1254 was destroyed.
  • 84.6% of the Aroclor 1254 was destroyed.
  • the treatment liquid was statically applied to the surface of the concrete in that it was passively applied, with no externally-induced mixing of the treatment liquid with the concrete (for example, no pulverizing of the concrete surface to homogenize the concrete with the liquid).
  • samples were chipped from the upper 0.5 inch depth of the concrete (0 to 0.5 inch depth) and from the 0.5 to 1 inch depth of the concrete before treatment and after an 11-day treatment with the surface-applied S-ISCO liquid. Samples were also were taken of the treatment liquid remaining on the surface of the concrete after the 1 1-day treatment; this residual liquid was termed the SPLP (synthetic precipitation leaching procedure) extract.
  • SPLP synthetic precipitation leaching procedure
  • Table 3B shows how the reagents were applied to the PCB contaminated samples
  • Phase II the oxidant sodium persulfate at a concentration of 500 g/L in water was applied to the sample CB-4; the oxidant hydrogen peroxide at a concentration of 30% in water (on a volumetric basis) was applied to the samples CB-5 and CB-6.
  • Phase IIB the catalyst sodium hydroxide at a concentration of 10 N in water was applied to the sample CB-4; the catalyst Fe-TAML at a concentration of 5 ⁇ in water was applied to the samples CB-5 and CB-6.
  • fourth and fifth treatment steps were applied to the sample CB-6 only: sodium persulfate at a concentration of 500 g/L in water was applied as Phase IIIA, and this was followed by the application of sodium hydroxide at a concentration of 10 N in water as Phase IIIB.
  • Figure 6 presents the concentration in the liquid phase (that is, in the treatment solution) following the 11 -day treatment of the concrete blocks (also termed the concrete bricks) designated CB-3 through CB-6 with solutions of VeruSOL-3 alone, VeruSOL-3 with sodium persulfate and sodium hydroxide (collectively termed alkaline persulfate), VeruSOL-3 with hydrogen peroxide and catalyst (Fe-TAML), and VeruSOL-3 with hydrogen peroxide, catalyst, sodium persulfate, and sodium hydroxide, respectively.
  • FIG. 6 shows the concentration of the Aroclor 1254 PCB in the liquid phase for concrete block CB-3 treated with only VeruSOL-3 (no oxidant) as 28,000 ⁇ g L. That is, the VeruSOL-3 extracted the PCB from the concrete block, solubilizing or emulsifying the PCB into an oil in water emulsion.
  • Figure 6 also shows that the oxidant compound(s) in the solutions used to treat concrete blocks CB-4 through CB-6 destroyed more than 99% of the Aroclor 1254 PCB extracted into the liquid phase present at the surface of the concrete blocks.
  • the concentration of Aroclor 1254 PCB within the concrete blocks subsequently treated with VeruSOL-3 or oxidant was lower, indicating the extraction and/or destruction of PCB by the oxidant.
  • concrete block CB-3 treated only with VeruSOL-3, 28% of the PCB within the block was extracted into the liquid phase (also see Fig. 6).
  • concrete block CB-4 treated with VeruSOL-3 and activated sodium persulfate, the concentration of PCB decreased by 33%, indicating that the PCB was destroyed by the oxidant within the pores of the concrete block and/or extracted by the VeruSOL-3 and destroyed in the liquid phase at the surface of the concrete block (also see Fig. 6).
  • VeruSOL-3 extracted PCB from porous concrete blocks and that activated sodium persulfate, catalyzed hydrogen peroxide, and a combination of catalyzed hydrogen peroxide and activated sodium persulfate each destroyed through oxidation a large fraction of the PCB present in the blocks.
  • the oxidants acted effectively in the liquid phase, so that greater than 99% of PCB present in the liquid phase was destroyed.

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L'invention porte sur des procédés pour éliminer des contaminants sur des matériaux poreux à l'aide d'une oxydation chimique in situ assistée par tensio-actif (S-ISCO).
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