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Comprehensive Analysis of Tar Oil Contaminants

Project management Brandstätter-Scherr Kerstin
organizational unit Institute of Environmental Biotechnology
duration 01.04.2011 to- 30.06.2014
Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Program none
Funder Federal States (of Austria); without Vienna
Competencies 
  • Boden und Landökosysteme
  • Wasser - Atmosphäre - Umwelt
  • Biotechnologie

Abstract

Chemical analysis of tar oil constituents for the risk assessment of tar oil contaminated sites is commonly limited to the analysis of 16 polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) listed by the US-EPA. Tar oil, however, consists of some 400 different compounds. Many of them feature significant toxic potential, and are not determined by standard. Using multidimensional gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (cGCxGC/MS, a large variety of physico-chemically different compounds can be analyzed in one single run. The project aims at the development and validation of a cGCxGC/MS analysis method for tar-oil contaminants in contaminated sites in Austria.

Publications

Project staff

Kerstin Brandstätter-Scherr

Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn. Kerstin Brandstätter-Scherr

BOKU Project Leader

01.04.2011 - 30.06.2014

Andreas Paul Loibner

ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn. Andreas Paul Loibner
andreas.loibner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97470

Sub Projectleader

01.04.2011 - 30.06.2014

Viktoriya Vasilieva

Mag.Dr. Viktoriya Vasilieva
viktoriya.vasilieva@boku.ac.at

Project Staff

01.04.2011 - 30.06.2014

BOKU partners

Institute of Environmental Biotechnology

role coordinator

External partners

G.U.T GRUPPE UMWELT + TECHNIK GMBH. TB für Hydrogeologie und geotechnischen Umweltschutz.

Dr. Manfred Nahold

partner

Funder

Department for Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln

Province of Upper Austria