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Electrokinetic soil remediation - critical overview

Virkutyte, Jurate, Sillanpää, Mika, Latostenmaa, Petri·2002·Science of The Total Environment
DOI 10.1016/s0048-9697(01)01027-0
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In recent years, there has been increasing interest in finding new and innovative solutions for the efficient removal of contaminants from soils to solve groundwater, as well as soil, pollution. The objective of this review is to examine several alternative soil-remediating technologies, with respect to heavy metal remediation, pointing out their strengths and drawbacks and placing an emphasis on electrokinetic soil remediation technology. In addition, the review presents detailed theoretical aspects, design and operational considerations of electrokinetic soil-remediation variables, which are most important in efficient process application, as well as the advantages over other technologies and obstacles to overcome. The review discusses possibilities of removing selected heavy metal contaminants from clay and sandy soils, both saturated and unsaturated. It also gives selected efficiency rates for heavy metal removal, the dependence of these rates on soil variables, and operational conditions, as well as a cost-benefit analysis. Finally, several emerging in situ electrokinetic soil remediation technologies, such as Lasagna, Elektro-Klean, electrobioremediation, etc., are reviewed, and their advantages, disadvantages and possibilities in full-scale commercial applications are examined.

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  • For trace element contaminated soils, a variety of physicochemical remediation methods has been adopted, including solidification, electrokinetic soil remediation, encapsulation or soil destructive excavation, followed by washing, pyrolysis or disposal of contaminated soil.

    “With regard to trace element contaminated soils, a variety of physicochemical remediation methods has been adopted, including solidification, electrokinetic soil remediation, encapsulation or soil destructive excavation, followed by washing, pyrolysis or disposal of contaminated soil (Vegter, 2001;Virkutyte et al., 2002, Schwitzguébel et al., 2002).”

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Authors
Virkutyte, J., Sillanpää, M., & Latostenmaa, P.
Affiliations
University of Oulu (FI)
ORCID
Venue
Science of The Total Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-04
Volume
289
Issue
1-3
Pages
97-121
ISSN
0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0048-9697(01)01027-0
OpenAlex
W2038064619
Cited by
875
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 61 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 63 · 2017: 40 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 53 · 2014: 44 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 43
FWCI
15.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electrokinetic Soil Remediation Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
Keywords
heavy metal removal, soil contamination, groundwater remediation, clay soil, sandy soil, saturated-unsaturated soil, remediation efficiency, cost-benefit analysis, lasagna
MeSH terms
Cost-Benefit Analysis, Electrochemistry, Environmental Pollution, Facility Design and Construction, Kinetics, Soil Pollutants, Technology, Metals, Heavy

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