Publication detail

Treatment of tunnel wash water: case study from Brno

KORYTÁŘ, I. MRAVCOVÁ, L. RAČEK, J. VELIKOVSKÁ, K. HLAVÍNEK, P.

Original Title

Treatment of tunnel wash water: case study from Brno

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Tunnel wash water has been repeatedly reported to contain higher volume of pollutants, but its treatment is not legally bounded in many countries of EU and elsewhere. In this study, three sam-plings of tunnel wash water were carried out during 2019 and 2020. First sampling determined the chemical pollutants and helped to design the experimental tunnel wash water treatment. Second and third samplings were analysed and later treated in glasses filter pre-tests using 4 different adsorbents. As adsorbent were used food waste biochar, activated food waste biochar, wooden biochar and as the conventional absorbent of granulated activated carbon as a control. The glasses pre-tests focused on determination appropriate contact time and amount of adsorbent. Analyses were focused on organic and inorganic pollutants contained in tunnel wash water. The results of the analysis included undissolved substances, C10-C40 hydrocarbons, chlorides, sulfates, heavy metals, and other chemical elements. The analyses showed that biochar had comparable effect on pollutants reduction such as granulated activated carbon. The adsorption had mainly effect on reducing concentration of toxic metals especially Zn (94.7%) and Cu (50.8%). The highest level of reduction was measured for Fe (98.0%). On contrary the results of tensides, sulfates and some of chemical elements showed small or none effect. For better reducing of all pollutants must pre-cede another level of treatment. The results showed that adsorption on the filter medium could be one of treatment processes, and cheaper biochar represents an eco-friendly way of treatment tunnel wash water, which belongs among the important strategies of circular economy.

Keywords

Road tunnel; Tunnel wash water; Biochar; Heavy metals

Authors

KORYTÁŘ, I.; MRAVCOVÁ, L.; RAČEK, J.; VELIKOVSKÁ, K.; HLAVÍNEK, P.

Released

1. 9. 2022

Publisher

DESALINATION PUBL

Location

HOPKINTON

ISBN

1944-3986

Periodical

Desalination and Water Treatment (online)

Year of study

271

Number

september 2022

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

27

Pages to

37

Pages count

11

URL

https://www.deswater.com

BibTex

@article{BUT180243,
  author="Ivo {Korytář} and Ludmila {Mravcová} and Jakub {Raček} and Kristýna {Velikovská} and Petr {Hlavínek}",
  title="Treatment of tunnel wash water: case study from Brno",
  journal="Desalination and Water Treatment (online)",
  year="2022",
  volume="271",
  number="september 2022",
  pages="27--37",
  doi="10.5004/dwt.2022.28791",
  issn="1944-3986",
  url="https://www.deswater.com"
}