Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Electrokinetic Removal of As from Soil Washing Residue

  • Published:
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In this study, electrokinetic remediation (EKR) was carried out to remove arsenic (As) from soil washing residue. We screened various processing fluids and found that oxalic acid was most effective for As removal because it reductively dissolved Fe and As from the soil. In EKR, however, NaOH was a more effective agent for removing As, implying that the main removal mechanism of As was ion exchange between OH– and oxyanionic As. Oxalic and citric acid, both of which were efficient agents for removing As in the screening tests, did not effectively remove As by EKR, probably due to the relatively high pH and low soil-to-agent ratio. In EKR, As was mainly removed by electromigration toward the anode, even under high amounts of accumulated electro-osmotic flow. Therefore, strategies that increase electromigration have potential for enhancing As removal.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Acar, Y. B., & Alshawabkeh, A. N. (1993). Principles of electrokinetic remediation. Environmental Science & Technology, 27, 2638–2647.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Alshawabkeh, A. N. (2009). Electrokinetic soil remediation: challenges and opportunities. Separation Science and Technology, 44, 2171–2187.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Asadi, A., Huat, B. B., & Keykhah, H. A. (2013). Theory of electroosmosis in soil. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 8, 1016–1025.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Baek, K., Kim, D. H., Park, S. W., Ryu, B. G., Bajargal, T., & Yang, J. S. (2009). Electrolyte conditioning-enhanced electrokinetic remediation of arsenic-contaminated mine tailing. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 161, 457–462.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chaiyaraksa, C., & Sriwiriyanuphap, N. (2004). Batch washing of cadmium from soil and sludge by a mixture of Na2S2O5 and Na2EDTA. Chemosphere, 56, 1129–1135.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Das, B. M. (2013). Advanced soil mechanics, CRC Press.

  • Dermont, G., Bergeron, M., Mercier, G., & Richer-Lafleche, M. (2008). Soil washing for metal removal: a review of physical/chemical technologies and field applications. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 152, 1–31.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dixit, S., & Hering, J. G. (2003). Comparison of arsenic (V) and arsenic (III) sorption onto iron oxide minerals: implications for arsenic mobility. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 4182–4189.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goldberg, S., & Johnston, C. T. (2001). Mechanisms of arsenic adsorption on amorphous oxides evaluated using macroscopic measurements, vibrational spectroscopy, and surface complexation modeling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 234, 204–216.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Grafe, M., Eick, M., & Grossl, P. (2001). Adsorption of arsenate (V) and arsenite (III) on goethite in the presence and absence of dissolved organic carbon. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 65, 1680–1687.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jackson, B. P., & Miller, W. (2000). Effectiveness of phosphate and hydroxide for desorption of arsenic and selenium species from iron oxides. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 64, 1616–1622.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jang, M., Hwang, J. S., Choi, S. I., & Park, J. K. (2005). Remediation of arsenic-contaminated soils and washing effluents. Chemosphere, 60, 344–354.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kim, D. H., Ryu, B. G., Park, S. W., Seo, C. I., & Baek, K. (2009). Electrokinetic remediation of Zn and Ni-contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 165, 501–505.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kim, D.-H., Jo, S.-U., Choi, J.-H., Yang, J.-S., & Baek, K. (2012). Hexagonal two dimensional electrokinetic systems for restoration of saline agricultural lands: a pilot study. Chemical Engineering Journal, 198, 110–121.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kim, E. J., Lee, J. C., & Baek, K. (2015). Abiotic reductive extraction of arsenic from contaminated soils enhanced by complexation: arsenic extraction by reducing agents and combination of reducing and chelating agents. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 283, 454–461.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ko, I., Chang, Y. Y., Lee, C. H., & Kim, K. W. (2005). Assessment of pilot-scale acid washing of soil contaminated with As, Zn and Ni using the BCR three-step sequential extraction. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 127, 1–13.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lu, P., & Zhu, C. (2011). Arsenic Eh–pH diagrams at 25 C and 1 bar. Environmental Earth Sciences, 62, 1673–1683.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Min, Z., Bohan, L., Ming, L., ZHANG, Y., Qingru, Z., & OUYANG, B. (2008). Arsenic removal from contaminated soil using phosphoric acid and phosphate. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 20, 75–79.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mohapatra, D., Singh, P., Zhang, W., & Pullammanappallil, P. (2005). The effect of citrate, oxalate, acetate, silicate and phosphate on stability of synthetic arsenic-loaded ferrihydrite and Al-ferrihydrite. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 124, 95–100.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Reddy, K. R., Saichek, R. E., Maturi, K., & Ala, P. (2002). Effects of soil moisture and heavy metal concentrations on electrokinetic remediation. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 32, 258–288.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reddy, K. R., Darko-Kagya, K., & Al-Hamdan, A. Z. (2011). Electrokinetic remediation of pentachlorophenol contaminated clay soil. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 221, 35–44.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ryu, B.-G., Yang, J.-S., Kim, D.-H., & Baek, K. (2009). Pulsed electrokinetic removal of Cd and Zn from fine-grained soil. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 40, 1039–1047.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ryu, B.-G., Park, G.-Y., Yang, J.-W., & Baek, K. (2011). Electrolyte conditioning for electrokinetic remediation of As, Cu, and Pb-contaminated soil. Separation and Purification Technology, 79, 170–176.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wenzel, W. W., Kirchbaumer, N., Prohaska, T., Stingeder, G., Lombi, E., & Adriano, D. C. (2001). Arsenic fractionation in soils using an improved sequential extraction procedure. Analytica Chimica Acta, 436, 309–323.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Whitacre, D. M. & Gunther, F. A. (2008). Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology, Springer.

  • Yang, J. S., Lee, J. Y., Baek, K., Kwon, T. S., & Choi, J. (2009). Extraction behavior of As, Pb, and Zn from mine tailings with acid and base solutions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 171, 443–451.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang, H., & Selim, H. (2005). Kinetics of arsenate adsorption-desorption in soils. Environmental Science & Technology, 39, 6101–6108.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by KEITI and NRF.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Environmental Engineering and Soil Environment Research Center, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea

    Su-Yeon Shin, Sang-Min Park & Kitae Baek

  2. Department of Bioactive Material Sciences, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea

    Kitae Baek

Authors
  1. Su-Yeon Shin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Sang-Min Park
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Kitae Baek
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kitae Baek.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Shin, SY., Park, SM. & Baek, K. Electrokinetic Removal of As from Soil Washing Residue. Water Air Soil Pollut 227, 223 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-2918-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-2918-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation