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Influence of carbon sorbents on the potential ability of soils to self-cleaning from petroleum pollution

E.V. Smirnova, R.V. Okunev, K.G. Giniyatullin

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2022.3.18

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In a laboratory experiment, the ability of the soil to self-cleaning under heavy petroleum pollution and the effect of biochars and shungites on the cleaning process were studied. Incubation of contaminated soils for 28 days at a constant humidity and temperature without addition of sorbents led to a decrease in the residual content of petroleum products by only 8%. The addition of biochar and shungite at a dose of 2.5% made it possible to reduce the content of petroleum under constant incubation conditions to 48.8% and 38%, respectively. It was shown that the incubation of oil-contaminated soils in the regime of variable humidity and temperature without the addition of sorbents makes it possible to reduce the content of petroleum by 32% over 28 days of the experiment. In the course of the study, methods were developed for determining substrate-induced respiration (SIR) in various incubation modes. Soil contamination with petroleum led to a significant decrease of SIR in the initial period of incubation from 12.8 C-CO2 µg/g h to 8.6 C-CO2 µg/g h, which returned to normal on the 14th day of the experiment. It has been shown that the introduction of biochars (to a lesser extent schungites) into oil-contaminated soils ensures the maintenance of SIR at the required level and increases the potential capacity of soils for self-purification. The paper discusses the possibilities of increasing the potential capacity of soils for self-cleaning under heavy oil pollution.
 
Oil contamination of soils, biochar, shungites, self-cleaning capacity of soils
 
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Elena V. Smirnova – Cand. Sci. (Biology), Head of the Department of Soil Science
Kazan Federal University
18, Kremlevskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation
 
Rodion V. Okunev – Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor, Department of Soil Science
Kazan Federal University
18, Kremlevskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation
 
Kamil G. Giniyatullin – Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor, Department of Soil Science
Kazan Federal University
18, Kremlevskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation
 

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Smirnova E.V., Okunev R.V., Giniyatullin K.G. (2022). Influence of carbon sorbents on the potential ability of soils to self-cleaning from petroleum pollution. Georesursy = Georesources, 24(3), pp. 210–218. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2022.3.18

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