Assessment of bimetallic Zn/Fe0 nanoparticles stabilized Tween-80 and rhamnolipid foams for the remediation of diesel contaminated clay soil

Priyadarshini, I and Chowdhury, A and Rao, A and Roy, B and Chattopadhyay, P (2023) Assessment of bimetallic Zn/Fe0 nanoparticles stabilized Tween-80 and rhamnolipid foams for the remediation of diesel contaminated clay soil. In: Journal of Environmental Management, 325 .

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Abstract

Diesel contamination of soil due to oil spills, disposal of refinery waste, oil exploration constitutes a major environmental problem. This paper reports the remediation of diesel contaminated clay soil using Zn/Fe0 bimetallic nanoparticle stabilized Rhamnolipid (RMLP) and Tween-80 (TW-80) surfactant foams. Fe0, and Zn (x wt)/Fe0 (x = 0.2, 2.0, and 10.0) bimetallic nanoparticles are synthesized by using sodium borohydride reduction method. The average particle size (from FESEM) is calculated to be 62, 57, 42 and 35 nm for the Fe0, Zn (0.2)/Fe0, Zn (2)/Fe0 and Zn (10)/Fe0 nanopowders, respectively. The highest foamability and foam stability of 109.6 and 108.5 mL, respectively are observed for the RMLP (12 mg/l) surfactant foam stabilized with 6 mg/l Zn (10)/Fe0 nanoparticles. The surface tension values reduce to the lowest value of 28.1 and 31.4 mN/m with the addition of 6 mg/l of Zn (10)/Fe0 powder in RMLP and TW-80 solutions of 12 mg/l, respectively. The maximum diesel removal efficiency of 83.8 and 59, is achieved by RMLP (12 mg/l) foam stabilized by Zn (10)/Fe0 nanoparticles (6 mg/l) for the clay soil contaminated with 100 and 500 μl/g of diesel, respectively. The physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles are studied to explain the foam properties and the remediation behavior. These findings regarding the nanoparticle stabilized foams can offer a cost-effective environment friendly commercial solution for soil remediation in the future.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Environmental Management
Publisher:	Academic Press
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Academic Press.
Keywords:	Diesel contaminated clay soil; Rhamnolipid surfactant foam; Soil remediation; Tween-80 surfactant foam; Zinc/ zero valent iron nanoparticles
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2022 05:09
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 05:09
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/77796

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