Combined treatment method of petroleum-contaminated soil

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11292038-B2
Application number	US-202017292729-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2020
Priority date	May 9, 2020
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

A combined remediation method of petroleum-contaminated soil includes: impurity removal pretreatment, photocatalytic pre-oxidation, stepwise thermal desorption of petroleum from soil, and high-temperature oxidation; with iron-titanium composite metal oxide (ITCMO) as a catalyst, conducting oxidation pretreatment under light conditions so that some cross-linked structures in macromolecular petroleum contaminants are broken and degraded; and conducting stepwise pyrolysis to achieve a removal rate of more than 98.00%. The new method adopts a combined remediation technology of photocatalytic pre-oxidation-stepwise pyrolysis, which realizes a relatively-high removal rate of petroleum hydrocarbons and the efficient and harmless remediation of high-concentration petroleum-contaminated soil, and remedied soil can be reused.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combined remediation method of a petroleum-contaminated soil, comprising the following specific steps:
(1) an impurity removal pretreatment: crushing and removing impurities to obtain a petroleum-contaminated soil sample;
(2) a photocatalytic pre-oxidation: taking a predetermined amount of the petroleum-contaminated soil sample, adding a catalyst with a mass concentration of 0.5% a mass of the petroleum-contaminated soil sample and a 30 wt % hydrogen peroxide with a mass concentration of 0.1% the mass of the petroleum-contaminated soil sample to obtain a resulting mixture, and thoroughly mixing the resulting mixture; and spreading the resulting mixture under sunlight and insolating the resulting mixture for 6 h to 15 h, during a period of insolating, the resulting mixture is turned over from time to time to obtain a first treated material;
wherein, the catalyst is an iron-titanium composite metal oxide (ITCMO);
(3) a stepwise pyrolysis: transferring the first treated material obtained in step (2) to an equipment chamber for the stepwise pyrolysis to obtain a second treated material, wherein, a pyrolysis process comprises 3 stages: a first stage: a first temperature: 300° C. to 350° C., and a first heating time: 30 min to 60 min; a second stage: a second temperature: 400° C. to 450° C., and a second heating time: 60 min to 120 min; and a third stage: a third temperature: 500° C. to 550° C., and a third heating time: 60 min to 120 min; and
(4) cooling the second treated material obtained from the stepwise pyrolysis to obtain a remedied soil.

2. The combined remediation method of the petroleum-contaminated soil according to claim 1 , wherein the ITCMO is Fe x TiO y ; and the x has a range of 0.008 to 0.76 and the y has a range of 2.012 to 3.14.

3. The combined remediation method according to claim 2 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

4. The combined remediation method of the petroleum-contaminated soil according to claim 2 , wherein the Fe x TiO y is prepared by the following method:
adding a 30 wt % iron precursor solution dropwise to 250 mL of deionized water under a stirring to obtain a first mixture, and further stirring the first mixture for 10 min; adding a solution of 85 wt % titanium precursor in isopropanol into the first mixture dropwise to obtain a second mixture, and further stirring the second mixture for 30 min; adding ammonia water into the second mixture dropwise to obtain a third mixture, adjusting a pH of the third mixture to 8.6 to 9.0, and stirring the third mixture for 2 h; statically aging the third mixture for 12 h at 60° C., filtering, and washing the third mixture with deionized water to neutrality to obtain a resulting product; and roasting the resulting product at 350° C. for 6 h to obtain the catalyst Fe x TiO y .

5. The combined remediation method of the petroleum-contaminated soil according to claim 4 , wherein Fe and Ti in the catalyst have a molar ratio of 0.01 to 0.5.

6. The combined remediation method according to claim 5 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

7. The combined remediation method according to claim 4 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

8. The combined remediation method of the petroleum-contaminated soil according to claim 4 , wherein the 30 wt % iron precursor solution is a soluble iron salt aqueous solution and a soluble iron salt of the soluble iron salt aqueous solution is at least one selected from the group consisting of ferric chloride, ferric nitrate, and iron acetate; and
the solution of 85 wt % titanium precursor in isopropanol is a solution of soluble titanate in isopropanol, and the soluble titanate is titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) or tetrabutyl titanate (TBT).

9. The combined remediation method according to claim 8 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

10. The combined remediation method of the petroleum-contaminated soil according to claim 1 , wherein the impurity removal pretreatment comprises: crushing large pieces of the petroleum-contaminated soil in a crusher until an obtained material has a size of less than 40 mesh, and sieving the obtained material through a 40-mesh sample sieve to remove the impurities from the petroleum-contaminated soil.

11. The combined remediation method according to claim 10 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

12. The combined remediation method of the petroleum-contaminated soil according to claim 1 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

13. A method for a remediation of the petroleum-contaminated soil, comprising using the combined remediation method according to claim 1 in the remediation of the petroleum-contaminated soil.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the ITCMO is Fe x TiO y ; and the x has a range of 0.008 to 0.76 and the y has a range of 2.012 to 3.14.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the Fe x TiO y is prepared by the following method:
adding a 30 wt % iron precursor solution dropwise to 250 mL of deionized water under a stirring to obtain a first mixture, and further stirring the first mixture for 10 min; adding a solution of 85 wt % titanium precursor in isopropanol into the first mixture dropwise to obtain a second mixture, and further stirring the second mixture for 30 min; adding ammonia water into the second mixture dropwise to obtain a third mixture, adjusting a pH of the third mixture to 8.6 to 9.0, and stirring the third mixture for 2 h; statically aging the third mixture for 12 h at 60° C., filtering, and washing the third mixture with deionized water to neutrality to obtain a resulting product; and roasting the resulting product at 350° C. for 6 h to obtain the catalyst Fe x TiO y .

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the 30 wt % iron precursor solution is a soluble iron salt aqueous solution and a soluble iron salt of the soluble iron salt aqueous solution is at least one selected from the group consisting of ferric chloride, ferric nitrate, and iron acetate; and
the solution of 85 wt % titanium precursor in isopropanol is a solution of soluble titanate in isopropanol, and the soluble titanate is titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) or tetrabutyl titanate (TBT).

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein Fe and Ti in the catalyst have a molar ratio of 0.01 to 0.5.

18. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the impurity removal pretreatment comprises: crushing large pieces of the petroleum-contaminated soil in a crusher until an obtained material has a size of less than 40 mesh, and sieving the obtained material through a 40-mesh sample sieve to remove the impurities from the petroleum-contaminated soil.

19. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the remedied soil has a petroleum content of less than 0.20%, exhibiting a removal rate of more than 98.00%.

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum

Inventors

• Liu Dong
• Guo Shuhai
• Zhu Wei
• Wen Fushan
• Shi Nan
• Qiu Yu
• Feng Xiaoning
• Wu Bo
• Li Gang
• Yin Changlong
• Yang Xiujie
• Kong Dehui
• Dai Hongbo
• Li Mengfei
• Wang Sa

Classifications

• B09C1/08

  chemically · CPC title

• B09C1/065 Primary

  by pyrolysis · CPC title

• B01J37/06

  Washing {(B01J37/0009, B01J37/0018 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B01J37/088

  Decomposition of a metal salt · CPC title

• C01G49/0018

  Mixed oxides or hydroxides, (C01G49/0009 takes precedence) · CPC title