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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 791, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148369
Keywords
EICP; Dust pollution; Durability; Polyvinyl acetate; Polyethylene glycol
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51578147]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2242020R20025]
- Science and Technology Department of Ningxia [2020BFG02014]
- Transportation Department of Ningxia [202000173]
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This study explored the method of combining EICP-PVAc-PEG treatment in the field of dust control, finding that this treatment can significantly improve the shear resistance and rainfall-erosion resistance of treated dust soils, increase surface strength, and reduce dust generation.
Globally, most cities are facing severe challenges caused by dust pollution. Recently, the significant dust control application potential of the environmentally friendly enzymatically induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) has been demonstrated. However, repeated rainfall erosion negatively affects the long-term durability of several EICP treated areas. This study applied EICP and added either polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) or polyethylene glycol (PEG) to the cementation solution. The results showed that both PVAc and PEG could improve the shear resistance and rainfall-erosion resistance of treated dust soils. However, for repeated rainfall erosion, the surface strength and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) contents of samples still decreased to less than 250 kPa and 1.1%, respectively. Therefore, combined EICP-PVAc-PEG treatment was proposed and the rainfall-erosion durability of treated dust soils was further studied. With the EICP-PVAc-PEG treatment, the dust samples achieved better shear resistance, higher surface strength, and better repeated rainfall-erosion resistance. Considering cost, cementation effects, and the effects of repeated rainfalls, EICP-PVAc-PEG treatment with 50 g/L PVAc and 30 g/L PEG was most suitable for dust control. The combined EICP-PVAc-PEG treatment significantly suppressed the generation of dust and improved the rainfall-erosion durability. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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