We evaluated the use of straw compost and remediated soil as inocula for bioremediation of chlorophenol-contaminated soil. The in situ biotransformation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) and mineralization of radiolabeled [U-(sup14)C]PCP by straw compost and remediated soil were studied under field-simulating conditions before and after 3 months of adaptation with PCP in a percolator. After PCP adapta...

The effect of 2,4,5- and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol on the microbiota from a polluted and a pristine site of a river was studied. Bacterial metabolic activity measurements by epifluorescence microscopy showed that the polluted site contained more metabolically active cells than the pristine site. Total culturable bacterial counts and tolerant bacterial counts from both sites were not affected by inc...

Lappeenranta University of Technology Faculty of Technology Degree Program in Environmental Technology Ville Luukkonen Determination of chlorophenols from water by solid phase microextraction – ion mobility spectrometry (SPME-IMS) Master’s thesis 2012 86 pages, 38 figures and 5 tables Examiners: Professor, D.Sc. (Tech.) Mika Sillanpää Lic.Sc. (Tech.) Simo Hammo Supervisor: M.Sc. Sanna Holopainen

A subcritical water degradation and extraction method was developed to remediate environmental soils contaminated by highly recalcitrant organochlorine pollutants. Hydrogen peroxide used effectively decompose pollutants under conditions. As a optimization study, the static wet oxidation of chlorophenols first performed in with without added hydrogen peroxide. Complete achieved using an oxidant,...