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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 640, Issue -, Pages 629-636Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.364
Keywords
Electroremediation; Soil remediation; Clopyralid; Granular activated carbon; Permeable reactive barrier; Reversible electrokinetic adsorption barriers
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness [CTM2016-76197-R]
- European Union [CTM2016-76197-R]
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This work aims to describe the removal of clopyralid from clay soils using electrokinetically assisted soil flushing (EKSF) coupled with a permeable reactive barrier (PRB), consisting of beds of Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC). To do this, two strategies have been evaluated on bench-scale electroremediation facilities (175 dm(3)): electrokinetic adsorption barrier (EKAB) and reversible electrokinetic adsorption barrier (REKAB). Likewise, to clarify the contribution of the different mechanisms to remediation process results are compared to those obtained in a reference test (without applying an electric field) and to results obtained in the EKSF of soils polluted with compounds with different polarity and vapour pressure. Results show that during EKAB and REKAB tests, clopyralid is removed from the soil by adsorption in PRB, electrokinetic transport and, very less decisively, by evaporation. The application of polarity reversion attains a higher retention of clopyralid in the activated carbon-PRB and a better regulation of pH because of the neutralization of H+ and OH- generated in the electrolyte wells. After 30 days of operation, the removal of clopyralid by EKAB is 45% while it reaches 57% in the case of REKAB. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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