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Zouch A, Mamindy-Pajany Y, Ennahal I, Abriak NE, Ksibi M. An eco-friendly epoxy polymer binder for the treatment of Tunisian harbor sediments: Laboratory investigations for beneficial reuse. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2020; 38:876-885. [PMID: 32167034 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x20910234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The management of dredged sediments poses serious environmental and economic problems because of their geochemical properties and in particular their pollutant content. In this research, marine sediments from Tunisian harbors were collected to study their beneficial reuse as construction materials using an eco-friendly polymer binder. Experimental investigations include the determination of physicochemical, mineralogical, and environmental parameters of sediments from the Sidi Mansour and Sidi Youssef areas in Tunisia. Prismatic mortar samples (4 × 4 × 16 cm) were prepared at laboratory scale using normalized sand and epoxy resin. Then their composition was modified by including a sediment fraction in the substitution of sand at rates ranging from 10 to 50% in dry mass. After a 7-day curing period, mortar samples were submitted to mechanical, physicochemical, and environmental analyses. Mortar samples including sediment fractions displayed lower strength than sand mortar used as control. This result is explained by the increase of porosity values in the mortar samples when sediment samples were incorporated. A positive relationship between porosity and compressive strength values was evidenced, suggesting that the compactness of granular skeleton could play an important role in the preparation of materials. From an environmental point of view, the mortar samples containing sediment fractions showed relatively low leaching levels, which confirms their suitability for the manufacturing of construction materials.
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- Afef Zouch
- Université de Sfax, Laboratoire de Génie de l'Environnement et Ecotechnologie, GEET-ENIS, Tunisia
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- LGCgE-Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géoEnvironnement, Département Génie Civil and Environnemental, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, France
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- LGCgE-Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géoEnvironnement, Département Génie Civil and Environnemental, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, France
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- LGCgE-Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géoEnvironnement, Département Génie Civil and Environnemental, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, France
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- Université de Sfax, Laboratoire de Génie de l'Environnement et Ecotechnologie, GEET-ENIS, Tunisia
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Tang X, Li Q, Wang Z, Hu Y, Hu Y, Scholz M. Improved isolation of cadmium from paddy soil by novel technology based on pore water drainage with graphite-contained electro-kinetic geosynthetics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:14244-14253. [PMID: 29525860 PMCID: PMC5978830 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1664-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Novel soil remediation equipment based on electro-kinetic geosynthetics (EKG) was developed for in situ isolation of metals from paddy soil. Two mutually independent field plot experiments A and B (with and without electric current applied) were conducted. After saturation using ferric chloride (FeCl3) and calcium chloride (CaCl2), soil water drainage capacity, soil cadmium (Cd) removal performance, energy consumption as well as soil residual of iron (Fe) and chloride (Cl) were assessed. Cadmium dissolved in the soil matrix and resulted in a 100% increase of diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid (DTPA) extracted phyto-available Cd. The total soil Cd content reductions were 15.20% and 26.58% for groups A and B, respectively, and electric field applications resulted in a 74.87% increase of soil total Cd removal. The electric energy consumption was only 2.17 kWh/m3 for group B. Drainage by gravity contributed to > 90% of the overall soil dewatering capacity. Compared to conventional electro-kinetic technology, excellent and fast soil water drainage resulted in negligible hydrogen ion (H+) and hydroxide ion (OH-) accumulation at nearby electrode zones, which addressed the challenge of anode corrosion and cathode precipitation of soil metals. External addition of FeCl3 and CaCl2 caused soil Fe and Cl residuals and led to 4.33-7.59% and 139-172% acceptable augments in soil total Fe and Cl content, correspondingly, if compared to original untreated soils. Therefore, the novel soil remediation equipment developed based on EKG can be regarded as a promising new in situ technology for thoroughly isolating metals from large-scale paddy soil fields.
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- Xianqiang Tang
- Basin Water Environmental Research Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430010, China.
- Key Laboratory of Basin Water Resource and Eco-Environmental Science in Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430010, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Geo-Hazards and Eco-Environment in Three Gorges Area, Hubei Province, Yichang, 443002, China.
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- Basin Water Environmental Research Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430010, China
- Key Laboratory of Basin Water Resource and Eco-Environmental Science in Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430010, China
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- Basin Water Environmental Research Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430010, China
- Key Laboratory of Basin Water Resource and Eco-Environmental Science in Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430010, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Geo-Hazards and Eco-Environment in Three Gorges Area, Hubei Province, Yichang, 443002, China
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- Basin Water Environmental Research Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430010, China
- Key Laboratory of Basin Water Resource and Eco-Environmental Science in Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430010, China
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- Basin Water Environmental Research Department, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Wuhan, 430010, China
- Key Laboratory of Basin Water Resource and Eco-Environmental Science in Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430010, China
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- Division of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
- Department of Civil Engineering Science, School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, PO Box 524, Aukland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa.
- Civil Engineering Research Group, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, The University of Salford, Newton Building, Peel Park Campus, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT, UK.
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Ge C, Yu X, Kan M, Qu C. Adaption of Ulva pertusa to multiple-contamination of heavy metals and nutrients: Biological mechanism of outbreak of Ulva sp. green tide. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2017; 125:250-253. [PMID: 28826924 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The multiple-contamination of heavy metals and nutrients worsens increasingly and Ulva sp. green tide occurs almost simultaneously. To reveal the biological mechanism for outbreak of the green tide, Ulva pertusa was exposed to seven-day-multiple-contamination. The relation between pH variation (VpH), Chl a content, ratio of (Chl a content)/(Chl b content) (Rchla/chlb), SOD activity of U. pertusa (ASOD) and contamination concentration is [Formula: see text] (p<0.05), Cchla=0.88±0.09-0.01±0.00×CCd (p<0.05), [Formula: see text] (p<0.05), and [Formula: see text] (p<0.05), respectively. Cammonia, CCd and CZn is concentration of ammonia, Cd2+ and Zn2+, respectively. Comparing the contamination concentrations of seawaters where Ulva sp. green tide occurred and the contamination concentrations set in the present work, U. pertusa can adapt to multiple-contaminations in these waters. Thus, the adaption to multiple-contamination may be one biological mechanism for the outbreak of Ulva sp. green tide.
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- Changzi Ge
- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, Weihai 264209, China.
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
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