Electrokinetic extraction is an emerging technology that can be used to remove
contaminants from heterogeneous fine-grained soils in situ. Contaminants in the subsurface …

Electrokinetic remediation is effective for extraction of contaminants, such as heavy metals,
from fine grained deposits. However, several challenges have led to limited field …

Electrokinetic remediation, variably named as electrochemical soil processing,
electromigration, electrokinetic decontamination or electroreclamation uses electric currents …

Soil engineering or ground engineering, more commonly called geotechnical engineering,
is a branch of civil engineering that deals with soil, rocks and underground water, and their …

Electroosmosis in a copper-contaminated kaolinite was highly sensitive to chemical
treatment schemes designed to remove the contamination. Non-uniform profiles of electric …

A mathematical model is presented for multicomponent species transport under coupled
hydraulic, electric, and chemical potential differences. Mass balance of species and pore …

Bench-scale and pilot-scale studies demonstrate that ionic contaminant species, some
organic contaminants, and certain radionuclides can be removed efficiently from fine …

The fundamentals of electrokinetic remediation (the removal of contaminants from soils by
the application of electrical current across electrodes inserted in a soil mass) are presented …

Electrokinetic extraction has been demonstrated to be effective in removing lead from pure
Georgia kaolinite characterized by a low acid/base buffer capacity and cation exchange …

The feasibility of using electrokinetics to extract contaminants from soils has been
established by bench-scale laboratory experiments and small-scale field tests. However, the …