Comparative evaluation of pilot scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands and plant root mats for treating groundwater contaminated with benzene and MTBE

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• 作者：Zhongbing Chen^a ; ^c ; Peter Kuschk^a ; ^{peter.kuschk@ufz.de} ; Nils Reiche^b ; Helko Borsdorf^b ; Matthias Kä ; stner^a ; Heinz Kö ; ser^c
• 关键词：Benzene ; Constructed wetland (CW) ; Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) ; Plant root mats ; Volatilisation
• 刊名：Journal of Hazardous Materials
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：50_03043894
• 类别：ce
• 出版时间：30 March, 2012
• 卷：209-210
• 期：Complete
• 页码：510-515
• 文件大小：644 K

摘要

In order to evaluate technology options for the treatment of groundwater contaminated with benzene and MTBE in constructed wetlands (CWs), a scarcely applied plant root mat system and two horizontal subsurface-flow (HSSF) CWs were investigated. The inflow load of benzene and MTBE were 188-522 and 31-90 mg d^鈭? m^鈭?, respectively. Higher removal efficiencies were obtained during summer in all systems. The benzene removal efficiencies were 0-33%, 24-100%and 22-100%in the unplanted HSSF-CW, planted HSSF-CW and the plant root mat, respectively; the MTBE removal efficiencies amounted to 0-33%, 16-93%and 8-93%in the unplanted HSSF-CW, planted HSSF-CW and the plant root mat, respectively. The volatilisation rates in the plant root mat amounted to 7.24 and 2.32 mg d^鈭? m^鈭? for benzene and MTBE, which is equivalent to 3.0%and 15.2%of the total removal. The volatilisation rates in the HSSF-CW reached 2.59 and 1.07 mg d^鈭? m^鈭?, corresponding to 1.1%and 6.1%of the total removal of benzene and MTBE, respectively. The results indicate that plant root mats are an interesting option for the treatment of waters polluted with benzene and MTBE under moderate temperatures conditions.