Decontamination of Hydrocarbon Polluted Military Sites to Decrease Environmental Risks

Low – Cost Cyclodextrin Technology

(SfP-973720)

TRAINING COURSE

 

BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS IN CONTAMINATED SOILS AND SEDIMENTS ( September 7-8, 2001)

 

BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN CONTAMINATED SOILS

(September 30, October 1, 2002)

 

 

 

 

“BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

IN CONTAMINATED SOILS AND SEDIMENTS”

Sponsored by NATO September 7-8, 2001.

 

DICASM. Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna.

Viale Risorgimento, 2. I-40136. BOLOGNA, ITALY.

Friday, September 7 (Room No. 3.1. Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna)

Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated environmental matrixes: principles and applications.

 

9.00. Welcome.

Prof. Franco Sandrolini (DICASM Chairman) and Prof. Leonardo Marchetti.

DICASM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

9.20. Goals and objectives of the training course.

Prof. Fabio Fava (coordinator of the NATO Science for Peace Project N. 973720)

DICASM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

9.30.  Production and properties of polychlorinated biphenyls.

Prof. Fabio Fava.

9.50. Toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls.

Dr. Annamaria Colacci.

National Inst. for Cancer Research – Genoa. IST – Biotech. Satellite Unit. Univ. of Bologna, Italy

10.50. Break

11.10. Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls.

 Prof. Fabio Fava.

12.10. Microbial degradation of chlorobenzoic acids.

Dr. Diana Di Gioia

DICASM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

1.00pm. Lunch

2.30pm. Industrial technologies for the remediation of PCBs-contaminated matrixes.  

Prof. Fabio Fava.

2.45pm. Use of exogenous bacteria  in the aerobic bioremediation of PCB-contaminated soils.

Dr. Lorenzo Bertin.

DICASM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

3.45pm. Use of bioavailability enhancing agents in the aerobic bioremediation of PCB-contaminated soils.

Prof. Fabio Fava.

4.45pm. Break

5.00pm. Laboratory scale biotreatment of PCB-contaminated soils by integrated approaches.

Prof. Davide Pinelli.

DICMA, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

5.45pm. Discussion and Closing remarks

6.15pm. Adjourn.

 

Saturday, September 8

Laboratory training on the chemical and biological techniques more commonly used in the bioremediation of PCB-contaminated soils and sediments.

 

9.00. Goals and objectives of the lab training.

Prof. Fabio Fava (Room No. 2.2. Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna)

 

9.15. Lab-training activities

(Laboratories of DICASM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna). 

Fabio Fava, in the collaboration of Diana Di Gioia, Lorenzo Bertin, Monica Carnevali, Giulio Zanaroli,  Silvia Gentilucci, Massimiliano Marinucci, Valentina Giorgio.         

 

  • Development of slurry- and fixed-phase laboratory-scale bioreactors for the aerobic biological treatment of PCB-contaminated soils;

 

  • Development of anaerobic microcosms for studies on the biodegradation of PCBs in contaminated sediments;

 

  • PCB-extraction from contaminated matrixes: principles and applications;

 

  • PCB qualitative and quantitative analysis by capillary GC-ECD: principles and applications;

 

  • Chlorobenzoic acid qualitative and quantitative analysis  by HPLC-DAD: principles and applications;

 

  • Chloride ions analysis by IC-CD:  principles and applications;

 

  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the heterotrophic and specialized cultivable aerobic bacteria occurring in PCB-contaminated soils. Use of molecular tools to analyse the total and the specialized biomass occurring in the same soils.

 

  • Ecotoxicological analysis of PCB-contaminated matrixes.

 

 

6.00pm. Discussion and Closing remarks.

 

 

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BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN CONTAMINATED SOILS

Sponsored by NATO through the Science for Peace Programme Project N. 973720:

“Decontamination of Hydrocarbon Polluted Military Sites to Decrease Environmental Risks - Low-Cost Cyclodextrin Technology”

September 30, October 1, 2002

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

 

Sep. 30 (Room K II. 40, Central building, Műegyetem rkp. 3.)

 

8.00-8.15        Introduction (Gruiz K., Budapest Univ. Technol. Econom.)

8.15-9.00        Cyclodextrin chemistry and application (Szejtli J., Cyclolab Ltd.)

9.00-9.45        Environmental use of cyclodextrins (Fenyvesi E., Cyclolab Ltd.)

9.45-10.30      Natural attenuation (Gruiz K., Budapest Univ. Technol. Econom.)

10.30-11.00    Break

11.00-11.45        Intensified biodegradation of hydrocarbons (Molnár M., Budapest Univ. Technol. Econom.)

11.45-12.30    Quantitative risk assessment of contaminated sites (Gondi F., Szabó I., BGW Ltd.)

12.30-13.00    Introduction of the site and remediation works at Mazout lakes (Magyar B., Elgoscar, Ltd.)

Site visit to Mazout lakes (Magyar B., Elgoscar, Ltd)

 

Oct. 1 (Room T 601 Egry József u. 1)

 

8.00- 9.30       Intensified biodegradation of PCBs (Fava, F., Bologna Univ.)

9.30-10.15      Biodegradation of organic pollutants (Szabó Z., National Health Institute)

10.15-11.00    Integrated methodology to monitor the bioremediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons, biological and ecotoxicological methods (Gruiz K., Budapest Univ. Technol. Econom.)

11.00-11.30    Break

11.30-12.15    Gas chromatographic methods in analysis of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons (Balla J., Budapest Univ. Technol. Econom.)

12.15-12.45    Physical methods in soil analysis, effect of CD on the physical properties of soils (Murányi A., Jozefaciuk, G., Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

12.45-13.15    Introduction of the site and remediation works at Népliget Transformer Station (Walter, H., REM-FWS Ltd.)

Site visit to Népliget Transformer Station (Tálasi Á.)

 

 

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