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2023-08-04

Aplicación de biocarbón como estrategia de remediación de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos

Adding biochar as a strategy for clean-up of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils

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Biorremediación, biocarbón, hidrocarburos, suelo. (es)
Biorremediation, biochar, hydrocarbon, soil. (en)

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La contaminación de suelos con hidrocarburos es una problemática persistente a nivel mundial. A pesar de que se han estudiado diferentes métodos de descontaminación, su aceptación ha sido limitada por los amplios desafíos a nivel técnico, económico y ambiental, por lo que se reconoce la importancia de abarcar mecanismos mayormente viables y sostenibles, como lo es la remediación a partir de la aplicación de biocarbón. Para tal fin, en el presente estudio se realizó un análisis documental de información secundaria acerca de las propiedades y el uso del biocarbón como una alternativa viable para la remediación de suelos contaminados con hidrocarburos, obteniendo como resultado que presenta un alto potencial por sus excelentes características fisicoquímicas que le permiten desempeñarse como un agente sorbente, de bioestimulación de las actividades enzimáticas de la microbiota edáfica autóctona que degrada los contaminantes a través de diferentes rutas metabólicas, además de participar en la bioaumentación de microrganismos hidrocarbonoclásticos, lo que resulta en altas eficiencias de bioremediación.

Hydrocarbon contaminated soils are a persistent problem worldwide. Although different methods of decontamination have been studied, their acceptance has been limited by the broad technical, economic and environmental challenges. Therefore, the importance of embracing largely viable and sustainable mechanisms is recognized, as is remediation from the application of biocarbon.


To this end, the present study developed a documentary analysis of secondary information about the properties and use of biochar as a more sustainable alternative for the remediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons, obtaining that It has a high potential due to its excellent physicochemical characteristics that allow it to act as a sorbent agent, biostimulating the enzymatic activities of the native edaphic microbiota that degrade contaminants through different metabolic pathways, in addition to participating in the bioaugmentation of hydrocarbonoclastic microorganisms, resulting in high bioremediation efficiencies.

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Olaya Pulido, M. P. & Ortega Ramírez, A. T. . (2022). Aplicación de biocarbón como estrategia de remediación de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos. Gestión y Ambiente, 25(2). https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/103418

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Olaya Pulido, Maria Paula, y Angie Tatiana Ortega Ramírez. 2022. «Aplicación de biocarbón como estrategia de remediación de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos». Gestión Y Ambiente 25 (2). https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/103418.

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Olaya Pulido, M. P. y Ortega Ramírez, A. T. . (2022) «Aplicación de biocarbón como estrategia de remediación de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos», Gestión y Ambiente, 25(2). Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/103418 (Accedido: 7 noviembre 2025).

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Olaya Pulido, M. P., y A. T. . Ortega Ramírez. «Aplicación de biocarbón como estrategia de remediación de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos». Gestión y Ambiente, vol. 25, n.º 2, julio de 2022, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/103418.

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Olaya Pulido MP, Ortega Ramírez AT. Aplicación de biocarbón como estrategia de remediación de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos. Gest. Ambient. [Internet]. 1 de julio de 2022 [citado 7 de noviembre de 2025];25(2). Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/103418

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