Progress of Cryogenics and Isotopes Separation , ISSN: 1582-2575
2015, Volume 18, Issue 1

Estimated Transfer of Volatile Organochlorine Substances in the Ecosystems Water, Sediment, Biota Using the Concept of Fugacity

Mihaela Iordache 1 , Luisa Roxana Popescu 1,2 , Luoana Florentina Pascu 3 , Ioan Iordache 4*

1 National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology – INCD-ECOIND Bucharest-Subsidiary Ramnicu Valcea, 1 Uzinei Street, Ramnicu Valcea 240050, Romania
2 University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Gheorghe Polizu 1-7, 011061, Sector1, Bucharest, Romania
3 National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology – Bucharest, 71-73 Podu Dambovitei Street, 060650, Bucharest, Romania
4 National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no. 4, PO Box Râureni 7, 240050, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania

*Corresponding author: Ioan Iordache, E-mail: ioan.iordcahe@icsi.ro

Published: May 2015


Abstract

This aims of this paper is to studying the transfer of organochlorine substances (1, 2-dichloroethane, trichlorethylene, perchlorethylene and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene) in the environmental water, sediment and biota using calculation MacKay model. The water/sediment samples were collected from the Olt River, in two locations, Cremenari and Babeni Marcea, situated downstream of the industrial platform Ramnicu Valcea, during 2013-2014. Modelling revealed clear trend the transfer of component "air" of these pollutants are known fact that volatile compounds, however, based on modelling was observed a significant transfer of these pollutants in the factor "biota" in amounts which may generate medium and long term risk to human health by taking in the food chain, which at first sight and a first risk assessment made by these pollutants for local residents can go unnoticed.


Keywords

Volatile organochlorine substances, MacKay model, fugacity, ecosystem.


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