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The Effect of Cyclodextrin on Reductive Dechlorination

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dc.contributor.authorCooney, Margaret Fayeen
dc.contributor.committeechairWiddowson, Mark A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchreiber, Madeline E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNovak, John T.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:45Zen
dc.date.adate2003-01-17en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:45Zen
dc.date.issued2003-01-09en
dc.date.rdate2004-01-17en
dc.date.sdate2003-01-16en
dc.description.abstractMicrocosms were constructed from aquifer sediment samples taken from an actively degrading chlorinated solvent contaminated site located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The objective of this study was to determine if and how the addition of cyclodextrin (CD) affects reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes. After chlorinated solvent degradation rates were established in anaerobic and aerobic microcosms, 100 mg/L of CD solution was added for a period of 21 days. CD was then removed after 26 days to simulate the degradation response of the aquifer in a post CD injection environment. Degradation rates were determined by analyzing PCE, TCE, and cis-DCE concentration data over the various phases of the experiment. Results from this study indicated that chlorinated solvent degradation could be either impaired or facilitated by the addition of CD. CD appeared to stimulate one anaerobic microcosm (IY-2c) where daughter production had not previously occurred. The activity of this microcosm was greatly enhanced by the addition of CD (0 uM/day to 13.89 uM/day). However, biotransformation of PCE in another anaerobic microcosm in which reductive dechlorination was occurring, ceased after the addition of CD (IY-1a). In a third group of microcosms the rate and extent of reductive dechlorination was greatly enhanced by the addition of CD. The effect of adding CD was also found to be highly dependent on the redox conditions in the microcosm, specifically if the conditions were strongly reducing. The most active microcosms, found in the Aerobic Group, also had the lowest ferrous iron concentrations (3.57 mg/L for BY-1a, 2.25 mg/L for BY-1b, and 0.41 mg/L for BY-1c). The microcosm (IY-2b) that showed no daughter production had the highest level of ferrous iron (44.22 mg/L). This study presents a qualitative approach to the affect of CD on MNA.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01162003-152840en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01162003-152840/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30966en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCooneyThesis2003.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDCEen
dc.subjectcyclodextrinen
dc.subjectchlorinated solventsen
dc.subjectreductive dechlorinationen
dc.subjectTCEen
dc.subjectPCEen
dc.titleThe Effect of Cyclodextrin on Reductive Dechlorinationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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