Transport behavior and deposition kinetics of humic acid under acidic conditions in porous media

酸性多孔質媒体中におけるフミン酸の移行挙動と沈着速度

山下 祐司*; 田中 忠夫 ; 足立 泰久*

Yamashita, Yuji*; Tanaka, Tadao; Adachi, Yasuhisa*

フミン酸の移動性をコロイドの安定性の観点から研究した。pH3.0の条件で一価と二価の電解質塩濃度をパラメータとして、精製したAldrich社製フミン酸の沈着速度をカラム透過法により検討した。直径0.2mmのガラスビーズ充てん層を模擬沈着媒体とし、フミン酸の破過曲線はUV-VIS分光光度計で測定した。流入液中フミン酸濃度に対する破過時の濃度は、塩濃度が高くなるにしたがって低下した。実験から得た衝突係数の塩濃度依存性は、1つの衝突係数で整理できた。衝突係数と塩濃度の両対数プロットには、直線関係を示す緩速沈着領域、衝突係数が塩濃度によらず一定となる急速沈着領域及びその閾値である臨界沈着濃度が明瞭に確認できた。この結果は、フミン酸の移動性がおもにフミン酸と沈着媒体との静電的相互作用によってコントロールされることを示唆するものである。

Transport behavior of humic acid was studied from the aspects of colloidal stability. Deposition kinetics of purified Aldrich humic acid was investigated over a wide range of monovalent and divalent electrolyte concentrations at pH 3.0 by using packed-bed technique. Spherical glass beads with diameters of 0.2 mm were utilized as model collectors. Breakthrough curves of humic acid were measured with UV-VIS spectrophotometer. The values of C/C0 (C and C0 are the effluent and influent concentrations of humic acid, respectively) decreased with increasing electrolyte concentrations. Experimental collision efficiencies were determined from measured single collector efficiencies. The results are presented as stability curves, which is the logarithm of the collision efficiency as a function of the logarithm of salt concentration. Stability curves of humic acid obviously showed favorable and unfavorable regimes and critical deposition concentration in the presence of both electrolytes. As a consequence, it is indicated that transport behavior of humic acid is primarily controlled by electrostatic interaction between humic acids and collectors.