Remediação de solos e lençóis freáticos em postos de gasolina via processo de fenton: estudo de caso

• Autor(a) principal: Louro, André de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15728
• topic: Remediation; soil pollution; Fenton reagent; Remediaçao de solos; contaminação por hidrocarbonetos; Reagente de Fenton; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA

Some environmental scientists foresee that soil pollution would be one of the biggest legates to the next human generation, because nowadays there is not enough knowledge about all impacts and origins of such source of pollution. From inadequate batteries disposal to leakage of gasoline underground storage tanks, the range of sources of soil and groundwater pollution is immense. The Brazilian territory and its groundwater are greatly exposed to such contamination, also due to lack of environmental controls and government actions. Luckily, there are available some soil remediation technologies and good literature and previous researches. Nowadays, there are in Brazil around 34,300 gas stations all over the country, and a volume of 65,000,000 m3 of gasoline and diesel consumed annually, according to the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) in 2008. The probability to occur a soil and groundwater contamination is high and accurate processes are needed to quickly stop the underground contamined plume with BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes), found in gasoline and combustion byproducts and the wellness to people and other organisms. This work has the intention to elucidate an in-situ soil and groundwater remediation process. The site treated was a gas station located in São Paulo state, responsible for almost 60% of gas stations in Brazil. Application of the Advanced Oxidation Process, using Fenton reaction (H2O2 + Fe2+ → Fe3+ + OH- + OH . ), which is a process that deliver into soil-water contamined systems, the hydroxyl radical in order to break undesired aromatic compounds. Water samples from the gas station in study, presented prohibited levels of BTEX and PAH according to the CETESB São Paulo Environmental Company which reason started the soil remediation and the area intervention. After understood of hydro-geological characteristics and the level of pollutants, the Fenton process started with well injections containing hydrogen peroxide ( 8% v/v), iron (II) salts (0,4 mg/L) and NPK based nutrients. At quarterly injections with 100 liters each, the further monitoring of BTEX, PAH and other control parameters, indicated the success of the treatment. After 18 months, the site was considered as remediated. Periodically sampling at each 6 months guarantee that the corrective actions kept successful. Based on that, the in-loco study about remediation of contaminated soils, with organic pollutants presents a great experience, and the Fenton reaction demonstrated a technique of outstanding success. The understand of real and in-situ results, even subjected to rain and other natural phenomena, gives expertise to treat real sites and help the society to stop such contamination. Moreover than laboratory simulation, the real remediation gives a complete snapshot about the Fenton´s reaction at the soil