Liu, Zhe , Zhang, Yang , Li, Xiumin , Sun, Zenghui , Zhang, Ruiqing , Li, Xuxiang , Du, Yichun
2024-09-01 AGRONOMY-BASEL 2024 14(卷), 9(期), (null页)
With the continuous expansion of petroleum exploitation, a large amount of petroleum hydrocarbons has leaked into the Earth's soil, which seriously threatens ecological health. Hence, a series of experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of natural attenuation (NA), rice husk (RH), and biochar derived from rice husk (RHBC) in enhancing the bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil. When the biodegradation time reached 100 d, the total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) biodegradation amounts of NA, RH, and RHBC were 3688.2, 4557.9, and 5913.3 mg/kg, which was equal to the biodegradation efficiency of 32.8, 40.6, and 52.6%, respectively. Compared with NA and RH, the biodegradation efficiency of n-alkanes C-11-C-15 (C-11 represents n-alkanes with 11 carbons, namely n-Hendecane) C-16-C-29, and C-30-C-40 in RHBC increased to 69.7 similar to 82.5%, 42.4 similar to 81.5%, and 30.2 similar to 48.1%, equivalent to 12.2 similar to 34.5%, 6.9 similar to 31.2%, and 13.5 similar to 37.1% more than NA and RH, respectively. Moreover, the half-life of biodegradation in RHBC was shorted to 83.3 d, equal to 49.7 and 67.9% of NA and RH, respectively. Furthermore, the application of RHBC could improve the dehydrogenase activity in soil and promote the growth and reproduction of petroleum-degrading bacteria (PDB), which enhances the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons. This study exhibited that biochar formed from biomass pyrolysis is a potential biostimulator in enhancing the remediation of petroleum-contaminated soil by indigenous bacteria.