Effect of Surfactant Addition on Soil Thermal Desorption at Low Temperature
Thermal desorption technology is to raise the soil to a certain temperature,so that the organic matter in the soil is volatilized by heat and removed,but the organic pollutants in the soil usually need a higher temperature,so the repair energy consumption is high.In this study,the removal effect of ethylbenzene and p-nitrophenol from soil by azeotrope solution principle was studied by using CTAB,Trition-X-100 and 6501 as added reagents under the condition of desorption at low temperature less than 100 ℃.The results showed that the single azeotrope treatment could effectively accelerate the removal rate of ethylbenzene in soil,and the removal rate was up to 92.5%within 1.5 h.However,the removal rate of ethylbenzene was significantly accelerated after the addition of surfactant,and the removal rate of ethylbenzene was up to 99.99%within 1.5 h.However,at low temperature,the addition of surfactant has no great effect on the removal of p-nitrophenol,and the maximum removal is only 20%.Therefore,the feasibility of using azeotrope solution principle to remove semi-volatile organic compounds in soil needs to be further studied and demonstrated.