Ecological assessment of different electrokinetic remediation strategies: a pilot scale study

The electrokinetic remediation method can function as a primary or secondary technology and be applied in conjunction with other physical biological methods, such soil washing, phytoremediation, bioremediation. Environmental impacts arising from the process determined using life cycle assessment analysis (LCA) tools. This study compared conventional strategy two hybrid strategies: electrokinetic-phytoremediation (EKR-Phyto) electrokinetic-bioremediation (EKR-Bio). environmental performance of three strategies is then tested through LCA analysis. database used was Ecoinvent, freeware software during inventory stage OpenLCA. impact Recipe I (2016) midpoints, Available Water Remaining (AWARE) midpoint, Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change (IPCC) midpoint (2003), UNEP Society Toxicology (USEtox) cumulative energy demand midpoint. significance results not obtained for GWP parameter but freshwater eutrophication parameter. Among strategies, EKR-Phyto showed highest lowest land change. Substitution chemical fertilizers into natural an opportunity sustainability. ecological terms GWP, sum energy, Acidification Potential (AP), Photochemical Ozone Creation (POCP).