Electrokinetic combination remediation of sediment contaminated with complex heavy metals
LI Min1,2,,, CHEN Hongyue1, SUN Zhaoming1, MA Guowei1,2 1.School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China 2.Hebei Research Center of Civil Engineering Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Abstract:The removal of heavy metal contaminations from sediments is the key to purify river water and utilize in engineering. The electrokinetic combination method with electrolyte circulation was designed to remediate sediment polluted with combined heavy metals like Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr and Ni. The bench-scale and pilot-scale experimentation were carried out simultaneously to clarify the purification effect of the remediation technology and to optimize the technical parameters of recovery. The results indicate that the removement of heavy metal ions from sediments is enhanced with the help of electrolyte circulation. The removal rate of pollutions in the bench-scale and pilot-scale experimentation can reach to 74%~84% and 52%~60%. In pilot-scale experimentation, the residual content of Cr, Cu, Ni and Zn is 140.31、314.47、250.93、464.17 mg·kg-1 respectively. These values are all lower than the screening value of Soil Environmental Quality- Risk Control Standard for Soil Contamination of development land Standard (GB 36600-2018). With the help of pH adjustment and the inclined plate sedimentation device, the heavy mental ions in electrolyte can be recycled by precipitation like Cr(OH)3, Cu(OH)2, Ni(OH)2 and Zn(OH)2. The precipitation rate of heavy metals on both sides are all up to 99% when the pH value of anolyte and catholyte is controlled between 5.0~6.5 and 10 respectively. The electrokinetic combination method can synchronously realize the purification and recovery of sediment pollutants. Key words:electrokinetic remediation/ compound polluted sediment/ purification and recycle/ pilot-scale experimentation/ electrolyte circulation.
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1.School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China 2.Hebei Research Center of Civil Engineering Technology, Tianjin 300401, China Received Date: 2020-12-08 Accepted Date: 2021-04-02 Available Online: 2021-05-23 Keywords:electrokinetic remediation/ compound polluted sediment/ purification and recycle/ pilot-scale experimentation/ electrolyte circulation Abstract:The removal of heavy metal contaminations from sediments is the key to purify river water and utilize in engineering. The electrokinetic combination method with electrolyte circulation was designed to remediate sediment polluted with combined heavy metals like Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr and Ni. The bench-scale and pilot-scale experimentation were carried out simultaneously to clarify the purification effect of the remediation technology and to optimize the technical parameters of recovery. The results indicate that the removement of heavy metal ions from sediments is enhanced with the help of electrolyte circulation. The removal rate of pollutions in the bench-scale and pilot-scale experimentation can reach to 74%~84% and 52%~60%. In pilot-scale experimentation, the residual content of Cr, Cu, Ni and Zn is 140.31、314.47、250.93、464.17 mg·kg-1 respectively. These values are all lower than the screening value of Soil Environmental Quality- Risk Control Standard for Soil Contamination of development land Standard (GB 36600-2018). With the help of pH adjustment and the inclined plate sedimentation device, the heavy mental ions in electrolyte can be recycled by precipitation like Cr(OH)3, Cu(OH)2, Ni(OH)2 and Zn(OH)2. The precipitation rate of heavy metals on both sides are all up to 99% when the pH value of anolyte and catholyte is controlled between 5.0~6.5 and 10 respectively. The electrokinetic combination method can synchronously realize the purification and recovery of sediment pollutants.