• Evaluation of Potential Utility of Reclaimed Soil from Remediation Sites
  • Su Ho Han·Jeong Wook Kim·Soon Won Jeon·Seung Ho Park·Hyeong Min Park·Seon Ki Min·Myung Chae Jung*

  • Department of Energy Resources and Geosystem Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea

  • 정화토의 순환골재 재활용 가능성 평가
  • 한수호·김정욱·전순원·박승호·박형민·민선기·정명채*

  • 세종대학교 지구자원시스템공학과

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Abstract

This study examined the possibility of reutilization of soil reclaimed from contaminated sites after completing remediation. The current status of soil remediation methods in Korea was reviewed and physicochemical properties of soil before and after remediation processes were examined to access the recycling possibility of reclaimed soils based on Recycling Aggregate Quality Standard. The most commonly practiced soil remediation techniques are soil washing, land farming, and thermal desorption. These techniques tend to deteriorate various soil properties including electrical conductivity(EC), organic matter content(OM), available P2O5, and cation exchange capacity(CEC). Evaluation of the properties of soil retrieved after each remediation process indicated soil washing may yield the most suitable soil for use as a filling, covering, back-filling, road pavement, and blocking materials, In addition, the soils reclaimed from land farming and thermal desorption have potential utility as a filling, covering and road pavement materials.


Keywords: Remediated soil, Recycle aggregate, Soil washing, Land farming, Thermal desorption

This Article

  • 2021; 26(6): 27-35

    Published on Dec 31, 2021

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2021.26.6.027
  • Received on Oct 15, 2021
  • Revised on Nov 4, 2021
  • Accepted on Nov 18, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Myung Chae Jung
  • Department of Energy Resources and Geosystem Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea

  • E-mail: jmc65@sejong.ac.kr