EDTA-enhanced thermal washing of contaminated dredged marine sediments for heavy metal removal

• Main Authors: Yin, Ke, Giannis, Apostolos, Wong, Angeline S. Y., Wang, Jing-Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Environmental pollution
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106170; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38322
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Preliminary analysis on dredged marine sediments from Benoi basin in Singapore was carried out showing elevated concentrations of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Cr and Ni. Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) thermal washing experiments were conducted for heavy metal extraction at temperature 100 °C. Results in...