A proposal for a field‐scale pilot demonstration unit for bioremediation of tnt contaminated soil

Abstract

A reasonable field‐scale operational scenario was developed as the hypothetical TNT bioremediation unit. II is described in Appendix A and termed the Riffle‐Pool Reactor. The two‐stage system consists of TNT leach‐bed followed by a plant‐pool bioreactor. Water is recirculated either continuously or intermittently over the riffle‐bed TNT extractor and into the plant‐pool reactor. A previously published manuscript entitled “Aquatic Plant Augmented TNT Degradation ‐ Analysis of Reactor's Kinetics”; contains the kinetic parameter estimates needed to estimate equipment design and operating parameters. This include the Monod rate constant, dissolution constants and other kinetic parameters. This manuscript demonstrates how that basic information is incorporated into the design of the pilot, field‐scale demonstration unit.