We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Subsurface Flow Phytoremediation Using Barley Plants for Water Recovery from Kerosene-Contaminated Water: Effect of Kerosene Concentration and Removal Kinetics.
- Authors
M-Ridha, Mohanad J.; Faeq Ali, Muna; Hussein Taly, Ahmed; Abed, Khalid M.; Mohammed, Sabah J.; Muhamad, Mohd Hafizuddin; Abu Hasan, Hassimi
- Abstract
A phytoremediation experiment was carried out with kerosene as a model for total petroleum hydrocarbons. A constructed wetland of barley was exposed to kerosene pollutants at varying concentrations (1, 2, and 3% v/v) in a subsurface flow (SSF) system. After a period of 42 days of exposure, it was found that the average ability to eliminate kerosene ranged from 56.5% to 61.2%, with the highest removal obtained at a kerosene concentration of 1% v/v. The analysis of kerosene at varying initial concentrations allowed the kinetics of kerosene to be fitted with the Grau model, which was closer than that with the zero order, first order, or second order kinetic models. The experimental study showed that the barley plant designed in a subsurface flow phytoremediation system would have great potential for the reclamation of kerosene-contaminated water.
- Subjects
KEROSENE; PLANT-water relationships; PHYTOREMEDIATION; AQUATIC plants; BARLEY; PHYTOCHELATINS
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 5, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w14050687