Investigation of Herbicide Decomposition Efficiency by Means of Detonative Combustion

Jolanta Biegańska and Krzysztof Barański ()
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Jolanta Biegańska: Department of Hydrogen Energy, Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av., 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Krzysztof Barański: Department of Mining Engineering and Work Safety, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Av., 30-059 Cracow, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: The decomposition of seven herbicides (atrazine, linuron, lenacil, chloridazon, dinoseb acetate, prometryn, and diuron) was carried out by detonative combustion. The investigated blasting material was produced on the basis of porous ammonium nitrate, which served as an oxidizer, while the pesticides played the role of the fuel. Detonative decomposition of the mixtures was carried out in blast-holes in soil. The efficiency of the decomposition process was assessed using the techniques of gas chromatography, high-efficiency liquid chromatography, and additionally by biological tests according to the grading of the European Weed Research Council. The results demonstrate an efficient decomposition of the tested herbicides. In the tested soil samples taken after the detonation decomposition of the herbicide, no symptoms of phytotoxic effects on the plants were found. This was confirmed by the lack (or at most negligible amounts) of residual herbicides in the soil samples. Only for the samples of chloradizine and diuron were large amounts of residual biologically active substance found.

Keywords: herbicide decomposition; detonative combustion; chromatographic analysis; biological tests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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