S. A. Cardona-Gallo

S. A. Cardona-Gallo
National University of Colombia | UNAL · Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente (Medellín)

PostPhD. Environmental engineering
Full Professor Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín

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September 2005 - February 2022
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín
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  • Full Professor
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  • Bioremediation of soils and aquifers. Recalcitrant waste. Emerging pollutants. Soil and water quality. Composting. Design of technologies for treatment. Environmental standards. Transport of pollutants in the environment. Environmental engineering processes. Environmental quality and environmental standards

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Publications (46)
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Active reclamation is often necessary to ensure a transformation of mining waste into Technosols—“soils dominated or strongly influenced by human‐made material”—and restore its utility and environmental value. The objective of this study is to assess the spatial variation of the physicochemical properties relevant for reclamation and Technosol form...
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Orobajo Cemetery, a contemporary community cemetery originally located in the floodplains of the Cauca River in Antioquia, Colombia, was exhumed and reinterred in a new site as part of the environmental and cultural protection program associated with the construction of the Ituango Hydroelectric Dam. Bioanthropological, biochemical, and soil scienc...
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Active reclamation is often necessary to ensure a transformation of mining waste into Technosols -“soils dominated or strongly influenced by human made material” - and restore its utility and environmental value. The objective of this study was to assess the spatial variation of the physicochemical properties of a Technosol forming on dredged sedim...
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Abstract This study realized the exhumation and transfer of human remains buried in the cemeteries at Orobajo, Barbacoas and La Fortuna (Municipality of Sabanalarga, Peque and Buriticá respectively) within the framework of “Social Management” of the Ituango Hydroelectric Project and the program Integral Restitution of Living Conditions for communit...
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Bioremediation techniques like bioaugmentation and/or biostimulation are an economical and environmentally friendly procedure which emerged as the most advantageous methodology for treatment of contaminated sites by oil spills pollutants. This research uses a tropical soil contaminated with oil based drilling fluids (OBMs) and drill cuttings were e...
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Fuller’s earth is an adsorbent material used in the electric industry for dielectric oil regeneration. The high amount of polyaromatic hydrocarbons removed from oil and adsorbed in the Fuller’s earth makes this material a hazardous waste. It is necessary to implement a toxicity test and apply a suitable treatment to safely dispose of this waste in...
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Los Necrosoles son suelos relacionados con entierros cuyas propiedades resultan de las condiciones particulares del entorno de la inhumación. Su caracterización por medio de técnicas de geociencia forense, puede aportar herramientas que maximicen la efectividad de la búsqueda de entierros clandestinos, situación relevante en Latinoamérica. El objet...
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This research was implemented in the Colombian Amazon forest area; to assess the effect of Tween-80® surfactant in the degradation of the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in bioremediation treatments under aerobic conditions in the laboratory and pilot-scale. One control treatment, Natural Attenuation (AT) and four biostimulation treatments with...
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Este artículo muestra las aproximaciones interdisciplinarias que integran conocimientos respecto a los suelos de cementerios contemporáneos y antiguos e inhumaciones clandestinas que producen interés científico bio-geo-arqueológico, forense reciente, lo anterior es lo que compila el estudio de los Necrosoles. Las investigaciones al respecto, plante...
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For this article, the authors tested various commercially available materials, such as activated carbon of vegetable origin, kaolin, vermiculite, Portland cement, magnetite and Earth´s Fuller to identify which is the best catalyst in the production of hydroxyl radical. The researchers used oxalic acid as a test compound to quantify the production o...
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This article presents a review of the main physical, chemical, electrochemical, and biological technologies used for treating heavy metals in the wastewater of industrial processes and in synthetic aqueous solutions which could be applied to leachate from landfills. This paper outlines the generalities, operating principles, and modifications made...
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El deterioro del medio ambiente es un tema de gran preocupación actual y que ha impulsado el desarrollo de investigaciones para remediar los efectos nocivos causados por el hombre con su actividad industrial desbordada. Los cuerpos de agua se están viendo afectados por los vertimientos contaminantes de las industrias que utilizan colorantes y pigme...
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Bioremediation of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) by biostimulation of native microbial populations in soil was investigated in a lab-scale and pilot scale under anaerobic conditions. To evaluate the role of molasses (co-substrate) and potassium nitrate (electron acceptor) in the reductive dechlorination of DDT, experiments wer...
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Los colorantes y pigmentos están comenzando a ser considerados en el país como compuestos que pueden presentar características toxicológicas más allá de los aspectos estéticos en las aguas residuales. Esta investigación presenta los efectos ecotoxicológicos asociados a la capacidad que poseen las sustancias generadoras de color (colorantes y pigmen...
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Textile industry effluents—a complex mix of chemicals, among which colorants are of particular concern—impose great environmental challenges. In this study, a full 23 factorial design was used for determining the best conditions for the degradation of textile dye Basic Red 46 under solid state fermentation (SSF). Three white rot fungi Trametes vers...
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ABSTRACT Dyes and pigments are beginning to be considered in the country as compounds that may present toxicological characteristics beyond the aesthetic aspects in wastewater. This research presents the ecotoxicological effects associated with the ability of the color-producing substances (dyes and pigments) to inhibit the transmission of light in...
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Dyes and pigments are beginning to do in the country considered as a series of compounds that can have toxicological characteristics beyond the aesthetic aspects in wastewater. This review attempted to cluster the most effective treatments for the removal, destruction and mineralization of dyes and pigments present in wastewater depend on the physi...
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RESUMEN Debido al gran incremento de contaminación de suelos y aguas subterráneas ocasionadas por vertidos de combustibles provenientes de lodos de perforación de tipo inversa y recortes, derrames de tuberías o tanques de almacenamiento corroídos, vertederos de desechos aceitosos semisólidos, sitios contaminados por descargas petroquímicas y refine...
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Due to the great increase in soil and ground water contamination as a result of dumping fuels from inverse drilling mud and cuttings, spills from pipelines or corroded storage tanks, semisolid oil waste dumps, sites contaminated by petrochemical discharge and refineries, pipes bursting, fraudulent activities, and other occurrences, studies have bee...
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Fuller’s earth is an inorganic material used in the electric industry for dielectric oil regeneration. After decontamination treatment, Fuller’s earth is regenerated and reused. In this study, the removal capacity of regenerated Fuller for the treatment of water contaminated with dyes of different nature and in turn, how this capacity can be increa...
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The bioremediation of a long-term contaminated soil through biostimulation and surfactant addition was evaluated. The concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) and its metabolites 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDD) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethylene (DDE) were monitored during an 8-week rem...
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Several non-conventional materials have been evaluated in recent years as adsorbents for the treatment of colored effluents from the textile industry. Fuller's earth (TF) which is composed of various minerals has shown a high capacity for removal of different cationic dyes, however the basic red 46 (RB46) widely used in dyeing processes, has not be...
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The conversion rate of organic matter in a bioreactor depends on two main factors: the reactor's biological and hydraulic activity (Peña-Varón, Mara & Avella-Rodríguez, 2006). It is therefore necessary to understand treatment systems' hydraulic behavior by using tracer substances in order to determine flow behavior: piston, complete mix, dispersion...
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The aim of this study was isolate six different bacterial strains from water discharges used in dyeing yarn with indigo, capable of degradation of organic compounds with indigo dye and three type nonionic surfactants. Similarly, various supporting media were evaluated for immobilizing the selected strains. Strains with better capacity were combined...
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RESUMEN Diferentes materiales no convencionales han sido evaluados en los últimos años como adsorbentes para el tratamiento de efluentes coloreados provenientes de la industria textil. La tierra fuller (TF) compuesta por distintos minerales, ha presentado una alta capacidad para la remoción de diferentes colorantes catiónicos, no obstante el rojo b...
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1,1,1-trichloro-2,2 bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) has been used since the Second World War to control insect-borne diseases in humans and domestic animals. The use of these organochlorine insecticides has been banned in most countries because of its persistence in the environment, biomagnification and potential susceptibility to toxicity to hig...
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In recent years, Colombia has been implementing agreements and regulations for the proper handling and final disposal of hazardous waste, because the amount generated each time is increasing and the adverse impact that these residues in human health and environment. The Fuller earth is an inorganic adsorbent material (mainly aluminosilicate mineral...
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Se estudio la eficiencia de un sistema pasivo de biopelícula anaerobio-aerobio para la remoción de nitrógeno. Se caracterizaron los lixiviados de un relleno sanitario con elevadas concentraciones de nitrógeno amoniacal, Diversas tecnologías se han aplicado para la remoción de nitrógeno, puede lograrse en sistemas con arrastre con aire, lo cual incr...
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Actualmente los residuos líquidos de laboratorios de análisis químicos plantean una problemática que enfrentan distintas entidades públicas y privadas debido al manejo y la gestión integral que requieren. Este artículo revisa las diversas tecnologías de tratamientos y sus eficiencias de remoción, con el fin de establecer criterios para seleccionar...
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This paper assesses two technologies: a physical chemistry and other biological, seeking to eliminate pollution by dielectric oil present in the Earth Fuller, finding that manage this hazardous waste in an environmentally appropriate manner. Physicochemical technology, used as solvent hexane and reached preliminary way removals of 87% on Earth-trea...
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Rapid industrialization and accelerated production of new synthetic compounds led Governments and entities control to strictly regulate dumping of industrial effluents. However, with dozens of new compounds generated each year, is impossible to establish protocols for industry and estimate its direct impact on ecosystems before its production in in...
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En este trabajo la ruta de biodegradación de Dieldrin es simulada usando un sistema experto. Este insecticida es incluido en el Convenio de Estocolmo, firmado y ratificado por el gobierno Colombiano en 2008, y es considerado uno de los compuestos sintéticos más tóxicos. Para este compuesto modelo, una secuencia metabólica completa de biodegradación...
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Due to the intensive use of the coastal zones and as a consequence of the activities derived from its operation, port areas are altering the natural conditions of the water, sediments and soil quality. These areas are generally shared with other activities such as fishing and recreation, and they receive discharges of runoff, industrial and domesti...
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Los tratamientos de agua residual textil con los tintes índigo e índigo carmín son muy complejos y variados. La eficiencia varía de acuerdo al método empleado. Este artículo revisa las diferentes tecnologías de tratamiento para la remoción de índigo e índigo carmín; eficiencias de remoción, cultivos empleados, sistemas de procesos, factores operaci...
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En este estudio se realizó la biorremediación de un suelo contaminado con la mezcla de combustibles gasolina-diesel a escala de laboratorio, para evaluar la bioestimulación frente a la atenuación natural y la bioaumentación. La reducción en la concentración de los Hidrocarburos Totales de Petróleo (HTP) en un periodo de tres meses fue del 52.79 % p...
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In this work the experimental values of the coefficient are presented of sorption organic carbon, Koc, for fuel diesel of Mexican production which is a mixture of composed and whose value is not reported in the literature specialized, only for rank interval of sediments and soils. The coefficient of distribution, Kd, of the majority of the organic...
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The objective of this investigation is to study the treatment of the diesel production of Mexican content in water with a system of permeable reactive barriers in laboratory (seven columns). An agricultural soil (ASo) was used as half reagent medium. It was applied peroxide of hydrogen to 50% industrial as source of oxygen and nitrogen in urea to 4...
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En este trabajo se presentan los valores experimentales del coeficiente de sorción carbono orgánico, Koc, para diesel combustible de producción mexicana el cual es una mezcla de compuestos y cuyo valor no se reporta en la literatura especializada, solo se dan a conocer datos para compuestos individuales. El valor de Koc es constante para un mismo c...
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In the investigacion I am reused the coke generated in the refinacion of the petroleo. It was proposed to activate al coke with caracteristicas of a carbon activated commercial and subsequently to use it to remove silver and present mercury in water. The carbon activated produced and the carbon activated commercial, LQ1000, they were characterized...

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