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Title: Remediation effect of Cr (VI)-contaminated soil by secondary pyrolysis oil-based drilling cuttings ash
First author: Yang, Hang; Huang, Siyu; Zhang, Yi; Zhou, Boxun; Ahmed, Sanjrani Manzoor; Liu, Huamin; Liu, Yaowen; He, Yong; Xia, Shibin
Journal: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Years: 2020
Volume / issue: 398 /
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125473
Abstract: In this study, secondary pyrolysis oil-based drilling cuttings ash (OBDCA-sp) was used to remediate chromium (Cr)-contaminated soil. The effects of the OBCDA-sp mesh, OBCDA-sp dosage and soil moisture content on the removal of Cr (VI) were investigated. Subsequently, a kinetic experiment was conducted where the pseudo-firstorder and pseudo-second-order kinetic models both fitted well on OBDCA-sp with the adsorption process of Cr (VI) in soil. The change of the chromium form indicated that the addition of OBCDA-sp transformed Cr from an effective state to a stable form, reducing its mobility and bioavailability. X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis were used to verify the potential mechanism of Cr (VI) removal; Ba, Fe, S, and P elements in OBCDA-sp were observed to play a significant role in the reduction of Cr (VI). The results from this study indicate that OBCDA-sp could be an emergent and promising alternative for the remediation of Cr-contaminated soil.