Efficiency of Biocementation as Rock Joints Sealing Technique Evaluated Through Permeability Changes
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Abstract
In Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP), bacteria are used to hydrolyze urea. In the presence of a calcium source supplied in a feeding solution, calcium carbonate is formed and precipitates. MICP has shown promising results in terms of improving the hydro-mechanical properties of sandy soils by forming bonds connecting the particles. Recent studies are focused on using MICP for sealing discontinuities, such as concrete and stone cracks, and rock joints. This is investigated in this paper for a diskshaped rock sample having a crack along the entire diameter. In the study presented, enzyme is used instead of bacteria, because prior studies proved that production of calcium carbonate is faster while using enzyme. In addition, large quantities of enzyme required for Civil Engineering applications can be produced easier comparing to bacteria, and for this reason, using enzyme may be an alternative to using bacteria. The efficiency of the method was evaluated by constant head water permeability test during the treatment. The permeability of the crack reduced along time and the crack was almost completely sealed after 6 hours of treatment. Upon completion of the treatment, the crack was investigated visually to detect the presence of precipitated biocement.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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