LIU Peng, CAO Yuan-xing, CHENG Yu, et al. Experimental study of enhancing the effects of microbial-induced calcite precipitation treated sand using carbonic anhydrase[J]. 2024, 45(9): 2554-2564.
LIU Peng, CAO Yuan-xing, CHENG Yu, et al. Experimental study of enhancing the effects of microbial-induced calcite precipitation treated sand using carbonic anhydrase[J]. 2024, 45(9): 2554-2564.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2023.1594.
This study aimed to enhancethe efficiency of microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) forreinforcing sandy soil by inspiring natural processes involvingmicrobial-induced carbon cycling and carbonation. The experiment focused onenhancing MICP curing of sandy soil using carbonic anhydrase (CA)
whichsignificantly increases the reaction rate of CO2 hydration (108 times faster) and facilitates the rapid hydration of CO2 (producedby urease (UA) decomposition of urea) to form a substantial amount ofcarbonate. The effect of carbonic anhydrase on MICP-reinforced sandy soil andits underlying mechanism were systematically examined through a combination ofmacroscopic physical and mechanical tests and microfabrication tests. Theresults showed that: (1) CA significantly increases the production of cementduring the microbial consolidation of sandy soils
and the optimum dose ofcarbonic anhydrase producing bacteria is reached at about 4%
which increasesthe production of cement by 105.3%
compared with conventional MICP. (2) Theincorporation of CA improves the compressive strength and resistance of thecured body. In the range 0.25−4.00%
the unconfined compressive strength of thesolidified soil sample increases with the increase of the CA bacteria content.The strength of the cured soil sample reaches 1.915 MPa when the content is 4%
which is 8.54 times the strength of the conventional MICP cured sample. (3) CAdoes not change the product of the MICP process
it is still calcite
but afteradding CA
the grain size of the calcite is larger
the shape of the hexahedronis more standardised
and the mechanical properties are improved. (4) In theprocess of MICP
urease and CA co-precipitate calcium carbonate-cured sandysoil. CA can significantly accelerate the rate of urea-generated CO2 hydrate and form HCO3-and CO32-
providing more favourableconditions for mineralisation.