Abstract
Generation, migration, and distribution of H+ and OH− have remarkable influence on heavy metal removal from soil during electrokinetic remediation. A series of experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of electrode configuration and voltage on pH distribution and heavy metal migration, based on the preliminary exploratory experiments. In the first phase, three soil samples were used to observe the effect of electrode configuration on pH distribution. Then, three more soil samples were used to explore the effect of voltage on ion migration. Finally, three other soil samples were used to explore the effect of electrode configuration (i.e. angle CAC) on pH distribution and heavy metal migration. The results showed that the soil was divided into acid, base, and pH-jump zones and that heavy metals migrated under low pH conditions and were deposited at the pH-jump zone. Heavy metal distribution was fairly consistent with pH distribution. Under the optimal condition of \( \angle \)CAC 60º and voltage 2.33 V/cm, 4.22 mg copper and 0.51 mg zinc migrated from acid zone and deposited in pH-jump zone with 6.44 kJ energy consumption.
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This work was supported by the Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project, Ministry of Education of China (NO. 708060), Special Funds for Environmental Nonprofit Research Project (200809095) and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, SEM, China (NCET-08-0508).
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Peng, C., Almeira, J.O. & Gu, Q. Effect of electrode configuration on pH distribution and heavy metal ions migration during soil electrokinetic remediation. Environ Earth Sci 69, 257–265 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1953-z
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