Delaying Effect of Extracellular Polymer Substances on Fluid Mud Consolidation and Application for Nautical Depth
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 3
Abstract
Microorganisms have been used to delay fluid mud consolidation and to keep fluid mud navigable. However, bacteria and extracellular polymer substances (EPSs) that delay sediment consolidation have not been studied widely, and it has taken many years to make inorganic chemoautotroph bacteria and EPSs effective. To understand the effect of EPSs on consolidation and to find new methods of applying EPSs at nautical depths, a strain of bacteria, Burkholderia vietnamiensis, was recently isolated and screened from sediment; it was cultured to secrete EPSs to be added directly to fluid mud in a series of consolidation experiments. The experimental results showed that the EPS consisting of polysaccharides as the main component can greatly reduce sediment settling and consolidation velocity. Also, when the EPS content was relatively high, the fluid mud consolidated at a slower rate. A self-weight consolidation in the settling regime was best predicted by an exponential equation, and a permeability regime was best predicted by a logarithmic equation. The equilibrium density of mud in the effective stress regime decreased exponentially with increasing EPS content. The application time of the nautical depth might be delayed greatly by adding 0.68 g/L EPS directly into the Cangnan Power Plant Harbor, Zhejiang Province, China. The new concept of direct EPS addition into fluid mud might be a solution to the problem of slow growth of inorganic chemoautotroph bacteria and EPSs, and it might be helpful to promote the application of EPSs at nautical depths in new harbors.
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Acknowledgments
The research was financed by the TIWTE Scientific research innovation funds (TKS160201). The authors are particularly thankful to Sun Baojiang, who took part in the work of bacteria isolation and cultivation.
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Volume 144 • Issue 3 • May 2018
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Received: Jun 27, 2017
Accepted: Oct 24, 2017
Published online: Feb 1, 2018
Published in print: May 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Jul 1, 2018
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