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- Title
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Soil Treatment Using Calcium Carbonate Precipitation from Cultivated and Lyophilized Bacteria in Soil's Compaction Water.
- Authors
Valencia-Galindo, Miguel; Sáez, Esteban; Ovalle, Carlos; Ruz, Francisco
- Abstract
Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a bio-inspired solution where bacteria metabolize urea to precipitate. This carbonate acts as a bio-cement that bonds soil particles. The existing framework has focused mainly on applying MICP through infiltration of liquid bacterial solutions in existing soil deposits. However, this technique is inefficient in soils with high fines content and low hydraulic conductivity, and thus few studies have focused on the use of MICP in fine soils. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of MICP applied to compaction water in soils containing expansive clays and sandy silts. This approach searches for a better distribution of bacteria, nutrients, and calcium sources and is easy to apply if associated with a compaction process. In soils with expansive minerals, the effect of MICP in swelling potential was explored at laboratory and field scales. In sandy silts, the evolution of the stiffness and strength were studied at the laboratory scale. The treatment at the laboratory scale reduced the swelling potential; nevertheless, no significant effect of MICP was found in the field test. In sandy silts, the strength and stiffness increased under unsaturated conditions; however, subsequent saturation dissolved the cementation and the improvement vanished.
- Subjects
CALCIUM carbonate; SOIL microbiology; SWELLING soils; SOIL mineralogy; TREATMENT effectiveness; SOIL compaction
- Publication
Buildings (2075-5309), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 11, p545
- ISSN
2075-5309
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/buildings11110545