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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION FLY ASH WITH THE MODIFIED ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION DEVICE
Ji, H., W. Huang, Z. Xing, J. Zuo, Z. Wang, and K. Yang. | Scientific Reports 9:8271(2019)

A modified electrokinetic remediation cylinder device was used to remove heavy metal pollutants from municipal solid waste incineration fly ash. Instead of using a traditional 1:1 volume ratio of the cathode chamber to the anode chamber, this study used a volume ratio of 16:1. Changes in parameters, such as pH and conductivity in the cathode and the anode chambers as well as current and voltage in the sample area were analyzed under a voltage gradient of 2 V/cm. Average removal efficiencies for Zn, Pb, Cd, and Cu in the sample area were 53.2%, 31.4%, 42.3%, and 30.7%, respectively. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43844-w.pdf



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