| Title | Efficient Clean-up of Oil Spilled Shorelines Using the Compressed Air Jet System and Concomitant Microbial Community Analysis | ||
| Author | Jae-Soo Chang1, Kyung Hee Kim2, Jae Shik Lee2, Kalu I. Ekpeghere1, and Sung-Cheol Koh1* | ||
| Address | 1Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea Maritime University, Busan 606-791, Republic of Korea, 2JH Green, Inc., Goyang 410-350, Republic of Korea | ||
| Bibliography | Korean Journal of Microbiology, 49(4),353-359, 2013 | ||
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.7845/kjm.2013.3087 | ||
| Key Words | compressed air jet, oil spill, sediment remediation, shoreline, total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) | ||
| Abstract | The objectives of this study were to investigate effectiveness of the Compressed Air Jet (CAJ) System for cleaningup shorelines contaminated with crude oils and to examine effects of the system on total petroleum hydrocarbon(TPH) removal and microbial community changes before and after remediation of the oil-contaminated shorelines. These data will lead to better understanding of optimized remediation process. About 66% of TPH reduction wasobserved when the contaminated site was treated with the CAJ System 2, 3, 4, and 5 times. This treatment systemwas more efficient than the seawater pumping system under similar treatment conditions (by 40%). By the way, littleoil degrader communities were observed despite a potential function of the air jet system to stimulate aerobic oildegraders. The apparent low population density of the oil degraders might be as a result of low concentration of TPHas a carbon source and limiting nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. It was proposed that the CAJ Systemwould contribute significantly to removal of residual oils on the shorelines in combination with addition of theselimiting nutrients. | ||
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