Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

An electrokinetic/activated alumina permeable reactive barrier-system for the treatment of fluorine-contaminated soil

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This study reports on the combination of electrokinetics remediation (EKR) and modified activated alumina permeable reactive barrier (PRB) for the remediation of fluorine-contaminated soil. Experimental results showed that fluorine could be removed more effectively from contaminated soil by EKR combined with PRB technology than the single EKR, because of PRB filled with modified activated alumina for adsorption of fluorine and lower electrical resistance in the combined remediation system. Under the conditions of the experiment, the removal efficiency of fluorine by combined remediation was 76 %, after 240 h. Meanwhile the combined remediation could also resolve the problem to some degree that fluorine contaminants accumulated in central and cathode regions by the single EKR. These indicated that EKR/PRB (modified activated alumina) was a promising technology to eliminate fluorine in contaminated soils.

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 YB, Alshawabkeh AN (1993) Principles of electrokinetic remediation. Environ Sci Technol 27:2638–2647

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Arnesen AKM, Krogstad T (1998) Sorption and desorption of fluoride in soil polluted from the aluminum smelter at Ardal in western Norway. Water Air Soil Pollut 103:357–373

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bhatnagar A, Kumar E, Sillanpaa M (2011) Fluoride removal from water by adsorption-A review. Chem Eng J 171:811–840

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Caliman FA, Robu BM, Smaranda C, Pavel VL, Gavrilescu M (2011) Soil and groundwater cleanup: benefits and limits of emerging technologies. Clean Technol Environ 13:241–268

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Camacho LM, Torres A, Saha D, Deng S (2010) Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of fluoride on sol-gel-derived activated alumina adsorbents. J Colloid Interface Sci 349:307–313

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cameselle C (2015) Enhancement of electro-osmotic flow during the electrokinetic treatment of a contaminated soil. Electrochim Acta 181:31–38

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cang L, Fan GP, Zhou DM, Wang QY (2013) Enhanced-electrokinetic remediation of copper-pyrene co-contaminated soil with different oxidants and pH control. Chemosphere 90:2326–2331

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chen N, Feng C, Li M (2014) Fluoride removal on Fe-Al-impregnated granular ceramic adsorbent from aqueous solution. Clean Technol Environ 16:609–617

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Egli M, Durrenberger S, Fitze P (2004) Spatio-temporal behaviour and mass balance of fluorine in forest soils near an aluminium smelting plant: short and long-term aspects. Environ Pollut 129:195–207

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Franklin ON, Johana Grajales-Mesa S, Grzegorz M (2014) An overview of permeable reactive barriers for in situ sustainable groundwater remediation. Chemosphere 111:243–259

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gago C, Romar A, Fernández-Marcos ML, Álvarez E (2012) Fluorine sorption by soils developed from various parent materials in Galicia (NW Spain). J Colloid Interface Sci 374:232–236

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hamed J, Acar Y, Gale R (1990) Pb(II) removal from kaolinite by electrokinetics. J Geotech Eng 117:241–271

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hassan I, Mohamedelhassan E, Yanful EK (2015) Solar powered electrokinetic remediation of Cu polluted soil using a novel anode configuration. Electrochim Acta 181:58–67

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jha SK, Nayak AK, Sharma YK, Mishra VK, Sharma DK (2008) Fluoride accumulation in soil and vegetation in the vicinity of brick fields. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 80:369–373

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kassir LN, Darwish T, Shaban A, Olivier G, Ouaini N (2012) Mobility and bioavailability of selected trace elements in Mediterranean red soil amended with phosphate fertilizers: experimental study. Geoderma 189–190:357–368

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li ZR, Yuan SH, Wan JZ, Long HY, Tong M (2011) A combination of electrokinetics and Pd/Fe PRB for the remediation of pentachlorophenol-contaminated soil. J Contam Hydrol 124:99–107

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liu TY, Yang X, Wang ZL, Yan XX (2013) Enhanced chitosan beads-supported Fe0-nanoparticles for removal of heavy metals from electroplating wastewater in permeable reactive barriers. Water Res 47:6691–6700

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mcquaker NR, Gurney M (1977) Determination of total fluoride in soil and vegetation using an alkali fusion-elective ion electrode technique. Anal Chem 49:53–56

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China (2015) http://www.moh.gov.cn/guihuaxxs/s10742/201511/191ab1d8c5f240e8b2f5c81524e80f19.shtml. Accessed 05 Nov 2015

  • Ng YS, Gupta BS, Hashim MA (2015) Effects of operating parameters on the performance of washing–electrokinetic two stage process as soil remediation method for lead removal. Sep Purif Technol 156:403–413

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Peng L, Chen XY, Zhang YQ, Du YL, Huang MH, Wang J (2015) Remediation of metal contamination by electrokinetics coupled with electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofiber membrane. Process Saf Environ 98:1–10

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ramírez EM, Jiménez CS, Camacho JV, Rodrigo Rodrigo MA, Cañizares P (2015) Feasibility of coupling permeable bio-barriers and electrokinetics for the treatment of diesel hydrocarbons polluted soils. Electrochim Acta 181:192–199

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Risco C, Rodrigo S, López-Vizcaíno R, Yustres A, Sáez C, Cañizares P, Navarro V, Rodrigo MA (2015) Electrochemically assisted fences for the electroremediation of soils polluted with 2,4-D: a case study in a pilot plant. Sep Purif Technol 156:234–241

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Robles I, Lozano MJ, Solís S, Hernández G, Paz MV, Olvera MG, Bustos E (2015) Electrokinetic treatment of mercury-polluted soil facilitated by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid coupled with a reactor with a permeable reactive barrier of iron to recover mercury(II) from water. Electrochim Acta 181:68–72

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rojo A, Hansen HK, Monárdez O (2014) Electrokinetic remediation of mine tailings by applying a pulsed variable electric field. Miner Eng 55:52–56

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Suzuki T, Kawai K, Moribe M, Niinae M (2014) Recovery of Cr as Cr(III) from Cr(VI)-contaminated kaolinite clay by electrokinetics coupled with a permeable reactive barrier. J Hazard Mater 278:297–303

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang J, Guo YL, Xu DC, Cao LM, Jia JP (2012) A controllable Fe0–C permeable reactive barrier for 1,4-dichlorobenzene dechlorination. Chem Eng J 203:166–173

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang J, Xu YF, Li WT, Zhou JZ, Zhao J, Qian GR, Xu ZP (2012) Enhanced remediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated soil by incorporating a calcined-hydrotalcite-based permeable reactive barrier with electrokinetics. J Hazard Mater 239–240:128–134

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhou M, Zhu SF, Liu YN, Wang H (2014a) Electrokinetic remediation of fluorine-contaminated soil using approaching cathodes. Clean Soil Air Water 42:1771–1775

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhou M, Zhu SF, Liu F, Zhou DF (2014b) Pulse-enhanced electrodialytic remediation of fluorine-contaminated soil. Korean J Chem Eng 31:2008–2013

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41471256) and Key Scientific Research Project of Henan Province Universities and Colleges (No. 15A610003).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China

    Ming Zhou, Shufa Zhu, Yaoyao Yi & Tingting Zhang

Authors
  1. Ming Zhou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Shufa Zhu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Yaoyao Yi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Tingting Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ming Zhou.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zhou, M., Zhu, S., Yi, Y. et al. An electrokinetic/activated alumina permeable reactive barrier-system for the treatment of fluorine-contaminated soil. Clean Techn Environ Policy 18, 2691–2699 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1156-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1156-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation