Abstract
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the capacity of a natural zeolite to be used as a reactive material in a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) to remove inorganic contaminants from groundwater. To this aim, zeolite samples were subjected to characterization tests, column experiments, batch tests and a flushing process to evaluate the adsorption and desorption capacities of the zeolite. In the column experiments, the samples were subjected to eight successive cycles involving the percolation of a potassium aqueous solution (1500 mg/L) and a subsequent flushing process with water. Batch tests were conducted by mixing 20 g of zeolite with 100 mL of single-element aqueous solutions of K and Zn with concentrations of 200 mg/L. The results indicate that the zeolite rock is composed predominantly of clinoptilolite species and has a Si/Al ratio of 6.8, a high cationic exchange capacity (CEC) of 180 cmolc/kg and a high K+ adsorption rate with a removal efficiency of 78%. The adsorption isotherms of the zeolite follow the Langmuir model and are well fit by a pseudo-second-order kinetic model showing a high correlation coefficient (r2 > 0.999) for both K+ and Zn2+ cations. Additionally, the contaminant transport parameters for K+ ions (Rd = 24.9; Dh = 1.32 × 10–2 cm2/s and α = 1.42) reveal that the zeolite is resistant to the dispersion of ions in the barrier, indicating that the material has advantageous characteristics for use in a PRB. However, the flushing process of the material is not efficient, indicating that the appropriate use of the zeolite is in clean-up systems in which the adsorbent material can be exchanged after losing its efficiency as a reactive barrier.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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