Abstract
Based on recent literary sources, this survey discusses the effects of main factors influencing the microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP), including the bacterial species, bacterial concentration, temperature, and pH value. While the MICP technology has been widely adopted to improve rock and soil characteristics, it has excellent development prospects in many other fields. The breakthrough solutions in the MICP technology are improving geotechnical and foundation sand properties, repairing cement-based materials, using mineralized film mulching to protect cultural relics, enhancing properties of tailings, desert control, and heavy metal environmental restoration, etc., are discussed. The experimental findings prove that MICP can improve the strength, stiffness, liquefaction resistance, erosion resistance, and permeability of geotechnical materials and maintain the good permeability and permeability of the soil and improve the growth environment of plants. It is an environment-friendly bioengineering technology. Because microbial mineralization involves a series of biochemical and ionic chemical reactions, there are many reaction steps in the solidification process and the solidification effect of MICP is restricted and affected by many factors. The comprehensive analysis and optimization strategy on MICP industrial implementation should account for micro- and macro-scale effects: the type of bacteria, the concentration of bacteria and cementation solutions, ambient temperature, pH value, and other factors directly affect the crystallization type, morphology, and size of calcium carbonate from the microscopic standpoint, while the macro-scale factors control the rock and soil mineralization. The limitations and prospects of the MICP technology are outlined.
Highlights
With the continuous development of the global economy, large-scale construction projects encounter geotechnical engineering problems such as weak subgrade, karst foundation collapse, soil slope landslide, embankment leakage erosion, and soil freeze-thaw cracking in alpine regions
Traditional physical methods such as dynamic foundation compaction, soil cushion replacement, cement mixing pile setting, and other measures have a heavy workload, long construction period, and high cost. ey need to support the development of large mechanical equipment, which cannot be used in some special cases. e chemical method is to pour the chemical slurry into the target rock and soil
Soil modification technology based on microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) has attracted extensive attention in geotechnical engineering. e technology uses mineralizing bacteria in nature to induce mineral components with a bonding effect to fill and repair cracks in stone materials and concrete materials, prevent building leakage, reduce the incidence of sandy soil liquefaction, and prevent soil erosion of sand/soil slope, sand dike erosion, piping, and other diseases [1, 2]
Summary
Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation: A Review on Influencing Factors and Applications. Based on recent literary sources, this survey discusses the effects of main factors influencing the microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP), including the bacterial species, bacterial concentration, temperature, and pH value. E experimental findings prove that MICP can improve the strength, stiffness, liquefaction resistance, erosion resistance, and permeability of geotechnical materials and maintain the good permeability and permeability of the soil and improve the growth environment of plants. Because microbial mineralization involves a series of biochemical and ionic chemical reactions, there are many reaction steps in the solidification process and the solidification effect of MICP is restricted and affected by many factors. e comprehensive analysis and optimization strategy on MICP industrial implementation should account for micro- and macro-scale effects: the type of bacteria, the concentration of bacteria and cementation solutions, ambient temperature, pH value, and other factors directly affect the crystallization type, morphology, and size of calcium carbonate from the microscopic standpoint, while the macro-scale factors control the rock and soil mineralization. e limitations and prospects of the MICP technology are outlined
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