Restoration of saline soil in cultivated land using electrokinetic process

  • Jung Min Cho
  • , Kyung Jo Kim
  • , Keun Yook Chung
  • , Seunghun Hyun
  • , Kitae Baek*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Study utilized an electrokinetic (EK) process to investigate the movement and removal of salts in greenhouse soil. Each experiment was operated with a constant voltage gradient of 1 V/cm between 6 to 48 h and used tap water as an electrolyte. A significant amount of anions was removed through electroosmotic flow and electromigration. Nitrates showed the highest removal efficiency (81.86%) after 48 h. However, the removal of cations by EK process was negligible; in fact, the exchangeable concentration of potassium after EK treatment actually increased compared to the initial value. In this experiment, the electrical conductivity of the soil was lowered to 60% of the initial value, signifying that salts were removed by EK. Based on the results of this study, EK can be a very effective technique to control the concentration of salts in saline soil.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2371-2384
    Number of pages14
    JournalSeparation Science and Technology
    Volume44
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 Jan

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Korea Institute.

    Keywords

    • Electrical conductivity
    • Electrokinetic remediation
    • Ionic mobility
    • Saline soil

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Chemical Engineering
    • Process Chemistry and Technology
    • Filtration and Separation

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