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Enhanced Bioremediation of Soil Artificially Contaminated with Kerosene: Optimization of Biostimulation Agents through Statistical Experimental Design
Author(s): Agarry SE, Owabor CN and Yusuf ROAgarry SE, Owabor CN and Yusuf RO
The main goals of this work were to study the enhanced bioremediation of soil artificially contaminated with kerosene via biostimulation strategy, evaluate the influence of biostimulating agents on the rate of degradation and to optimize the biostimulating agents for maximum kerosene removal. The study was carried out by artificially contaminating an un-impacted tropical soil with 10% (w/w) kerosene oil in earthen pots and various concentrations of NPK fertilizer, Tween 80 and hydrogen peroxide were added and then incubated for six weeks remediation period. To optimize the range of experimentation, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) with Box Behnken Design (BBD) was used with three factors and three levels of NPK fertilizer, Tween 80 and hydrogen peroxide as independent variables and kerosene oil (total petroleum hydrocarbon) removal as dependent variable (response). The results showe.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7463.1000120