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Um den Erfordernissen des Grundwasser- und Bodenschutzes zu entsprechen ist die Kenntnis des Elutionsverhaltens von Abfall- und Bodenmaterialien erforderlich, wenn diese z.B. zur Verwertung im Straßen- oder Landschaftsbau vorgesehen sind. Im Zusammenhang mit der Novellierung der Bundes-Bodenschutzverordnung und der Einführung der Ersatzbaustoffverordnung sowie in Auswertung der Ergebnisse des BMBF-Verbundvorhabens „Sickerwasserprognose“ wurden vom DIN-Normenaus-schuss Wasserwesen, Unterausschuss „Eluierungsverfahren“ zwei Verfahren zur Elution von Fest-stoffen erarbeitet, die im Oktober 2007 als Entwürfe veröffentlicht wurden. Dabei handelt es sich um ein Säulenperkolationsverfahren zur gemeinsamen Untersuchung des Elutionsverhaltens von orga-nischen und anorganischen Stoffen (E DIN 19528) und ein Schüttelverfahren mit einem Wasser-/ Feststoff-Verhältnis (W/F) von 2 l/kg zur Untersuchung der Elution von anorganischen Stoffen (E DIN 19529). Beide Verfahren sind für Bodenmaterialien und mineralische Abfälle mit einer Korngröße bis 32 mm vorgesehen.
Für Normen die in Verordnungen zitiert werden sollen, ist eine Verfahrensvalidierung erforderlich. Im Rahmen dieses Vorhabens waren die Verfahrenskenndaten auf der Grundlage von Ringversuchen zu ermitteln. Zunächst wurden vier für die Verordnungen relevante Materialien (Hausmüllverbrennungs-asche, Recyclingbaustoff, Bodenmaterial, Stahlwerksschlacke) als Referenzmaterialien (RM) aufberei-tet. Die zu analysierenden Parameter wurden unter Berücksichtigung der Regelungsrelevanz in Abstimmung mit dem Auftraggeber ausgewählt. Die RM wurden gemeinsam mit Referenzlösungen an die 53 Teilnehmer der Ringversuche ausgegeben. Die statistische Auswertung der Ringversuchsergebnisse erfolgte nach DIN 38402-42, wobei der Gesamtmittelwert aller Teilneh-mer als Sollwert herangezogen wurde.
Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass akzeptable Reproduzierbarkeiten für organische und anorganische Schadstoffe durch geeignete Vorgaben sowohl für Schütteltests als auch für Säulenversuche erzielt werden können. Dies gilt insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung des breiten Korngrößenspektrums der RM, der relativ hohen zugelassenen Toleranzen für das W/F bei den Säulenversuchen und des kurzen Bekanntheitsgrades der Normenentwürfe.
Die ermittelten Verfahrenskenndaten finden Eingang in die abschließende Bearbeitung der Normen.
-Background-
Laboratory leaching tests on treated wood were performed during a European robustness study in the framework of the validation of a tank leaching test procedure that has been proposed for construction products in order to determine the potential release of dangerous substances which can be transferred to soil and groundwater. The release of substances has to be determined also for materials treated with biocidal products according to the requirements of the European Biocidal Products Regulation. A similar leaching test procedure was already harmonised for treated wood for this purpose. Both test procedures were applied in parallel to wood treated with the same preservative to investigate whether the results of these tests can replace each other. Additional experiments were performed to further investigate unexpected effects of L/A ratio on leaching of copper and duration of storage of treated test specimens.
-Results-
Both procedures generate similar results concerning cumulative emissions of tebuconazole, copper, dissolved organic carbon and total nitrogen. The emission rates with time are in comparable ranges for both leaching protocols. Emissions of copper increased with decreasing L/A ratios. Strong correlation of copper concentrations and dissolved organic carbon as well as total nitrogen concentrations in eluates indicates that this observation is caused by co-elution of copper with organic substances. Duration of storage of treated test specimens affected emissions for the investigated wood preservative.
-Conclusions-
Based on these findings, results from both test procedures can be used to describe leaching characteristics and avoid double testing of treated wood to fulfil the requirements of the European regulations for either biocides or construction products. Leaching of substances from treated wood is a complex process that depends on its chemical composition and ageing processes.
In order to estimating the amount and kind of emissions from polymeric sporting tracks a laboratory test was developed in BAM that combines artificial weathering and subsequent batch and column tests [1, 2, 3]. The goal consisted in nvestigating a possible change of emissions into soil and groundwater of a new sporting ground as a function of ageing and egradation of the system. At various stages of the weathering, the samples were removed and subjected to especially designed column extraction tests for the solid samples. Both these extracts and the accumulated rainwater run-off of the weathering device were subjected to analytical tests of their ingredients. The overall aim of the test consisted in developing ontrollable, reproducible, and standardisable conditions and methods of investigation that would allow an estimation of the emissions in the course of outdoor application of about five years.
Column percolation tests may be suitable for prediction of chemical leaching from soil and soil materials. However, compared with batch leaching tests, they are time-consuming. It is therefore important to investigate ways to shorten the tests without affecting the quality of results. In this study, we evaluate the feasibility of decreasing testing time by increasing flow rate and decreasing equilibration time compared to the conditions specified in ISO/TS 21268-3, with equilibration periods of 48 h and flow rate of 12 mL/h. We tested three equilibration periods (0, 12–16, and 48 h) and two flow rates (12 and 36 mL/h)on four different soils and compared the inorganic constituent releases. For soils A and D, we observed similar values for all conditions except for the 0 h–36 mL/h case. For soil B, we observed no appreciable differences between the tested conditions, while for soil C there were no consistent trends probably due to the difference in ongoing oxidation reactions between soil samples. These results suggest that column percolation tests can be shortened from 20 to 30 days to 7–9 days by decreasing the equilibration time to 12–16 h and increasing the flow rate to 36 mL/h for inorganic substances.
Influence of weathering on the leaching behaviour of zinc and PAH from synthetic sports surfaces
(2017)
Synthetic materials used for outdoor sports grounds consist of a mix of inorganic, organic and polymeric compounds that show ageing due to weathering and a complex leaching behaviour by percolation of rainwater, which can limit its lifetime. Additionally, weathering exposure induces degradation processes in the polymers, which leads to the formation of new surfaces allowing water to access additional reservoirs of leachable compounds. A laboratory test comprising artificial weathering, ozonisation and subsequent leaching was developed to investigate this behaviour in a reproducible and controllable way. The experiments showed a general decline of Zn, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations after an initial increase. Within this general trend, the course of concentration over exposure duration is very specific for individual sample materials and the analyte under investigation. The results indicate that weathering and degradation behaviour cannot be predicted from initial material conditions. Thus, weathering experiments are recommended to fill this gap of knowledge.