Electrokinetics applied in remediation of subsurface soil contaminated with chlorinated ethenes – A review

Electrokinetics is being applied in combination with common insituremediation technologies, e.g. permeable reactive barriers, bioremediation and in-situ chemical oxidation, to overcome experienced limitations in remediation of chlorinated ethenes in low-permeable subsurface soils. The purpose of thi...

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Published in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 2019-11, Vol.235, p.113-125
Main Authors: Ottosen, Lisbeth M., Larsen, Thomas H., Jensen, Pernille E., Kirkelund, Gunvor M., Kerrn-Jespersen, Henriette, Tuxen, Nina, Hyldegaard, Bente H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chlorinated ethenes
Electrokinetics
Low permeable soil
PCE
TCE
Transport velosities
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Summary:Electrokinetics is being applied in combination with common insituremediation technologies, e.g. permeable reactive barriers, bioremediation and in-situ chemical oxidation, to overcome experienced limitations in remediation of chlorinated ethenes in low-permeable subsurface soils. The purpose of this review is to evaluate state-of-theart for identification of major knowledge gaps to obtain robust and successful field-implementations. Some of the major knowledge gaps include the behavior and influence of induced transient changes in soil systems, transport velocities of chlorinated ethenes, and significance of site-specific parameters on transport velocities, e.g. heterogeneous soils and hydrogeochemistry. Furthermore, the various ways of reporting voltage distribution and transport rates complicate the comparison of transport velocities across studies. It was found, that for the combined EK-techniques, it is important to control the pH and redox changes caused by electrolysis for steady transport, uniform distribution of the electric field etc. Specifically for electrokinetically enhanced bioremediation, delivery of lactate and biodegrading bacteria is of the same order of magnitude. This review shows that enhancement of remediation technologies can be achieved by electrokinetics, but major knowledge gaps must be examined to mature EK as robust methods for successful remediation of chlorinated ethene contaminated sites. •EK-combined techniques overcome transport limitations experienced in low-permeable soils.•EK velocity of PCE and TCE is of comparable size to supplied reactants.•In EK-BIO, transport velocity of lactate and biodegrading bacteria are in the same order of magnitude.•General knowledge on the dependency of EK transport velocity on soil type is lacking.•Identified knowledge gaps must be filled in for robust and successful field-implementations.
ISSN:0045-6535
1879-1298
DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.075