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Effect of the Composition of Anodic Purging Solutions on Electroosmosis |
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| Authors: | Songhu Yuan Meng Tian Taiping Li Xiaohua Lu |
| Affiliation: | 1Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science Research Institute, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China. E-mail: yuansonghu622@hotmail.com 2Graduate Student, Environmental Science Research Institute, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China. E-mail: haonanrentianmeng@126.com 3Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science Research Institute, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China. E-mail: litai20000946@sina.com 4Professor, Environmental Science Research Institute, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China (corresponding author). E-mail: lxh@hust-esri.com |
| Abstract: | The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the composition of anodic purging solutions on electroosmosis in an electrokinetic (EK) system. The effect of buffering capacity of anodic purging solutions on electroosmosis was first studied. With the increase of buffering capacity, soil pH and electric current increased, but the maximal cumulative electroosmostic flow (EOF) was achieved with 0.010?mol/L Na2CO3/NaHCO3 buffer. Na2CO3/NaHCO3 containing NaCl and Na2SO4, respectively, were used as anodic purging solutions to investigate the effect of cation concentration and anion type on electroosmosis. The increase of cation concentration led to the increase of soil pH and electric current but the decrease of EOF. At the same cation concentration, Na2SO4 resulted in higher electric current and greater EOF than NaCl, but similar distribution of soil pH. The present study provides useful information for the selection of purging solution in the EK remediation of contaminated soils. |
| Keywords: | Soil treatment Abatement and removal Environmental engineering Restoration |