Experimental Study on the Remediation of Oil Contaminated Soil Using Ultrasound Wen Zhang1, Jianbing Li1, 2, Youding Han1, Weikun Song1 1 China-Canada Energy and Environmental Research 2 Environmental Engineering Program Center University of Northern British Columbia North China Electric Power University Prince e, BC, Canada Beijing, China ******@
Abstract—A series of orthogonal experiments were conducted to including initial oil concentration, soil-water ratio, soil type, investigate the impact of ultrasound on the remediation of sonication time and ultrasound power. The results would petroleum-contaminated soil. Five factors were examined, provide sound scientific basis for essfully applying including initial oil concentration, soil-water ratio, soil type, ultrasound to the field of oil contaminated soil remediation. sonication time and ultrasound power. The experimental results showed that the cleanup effect of ultrasound for oil contaminated II. MATERIALS AND MEHODS soil was obvious. The soil type illustrated a significant influence Four types of unpolluted soil samples were collected from on the TPH cleanup effect, while the TPH removal in four types of soils ranged from % to %. The experimental results the North China Electric Power University campus. The soils suggested that ultrasonic desorption and subsequent fil