Environmental Footprint Analysis Tools of Electrokinetic Remediation (EKR): A Bibliometric View of The Literature

Abstract

Electrokinetic remediation (EKR) technology has been applied in both lab and pilot scales to actual size since 1993. Recently, sustainable measures for EKR have been relatively considered a form of minimizing resource use during land restoration. This study aims to identify the environmental footprint assessment tools that arise during the EKR process according to the scale of the application. 284 scientific literature indexed by Scopus and the Web of Science during 2011-2021 was analyzed using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, and the results were visualized using the VOSviewer application. The investigated parameters included the amount of scientific literature, year of publication, topics of scientific literature, authors of literature and their country of origin, names of reputable journals, and a number of citations. Research results from 43 scientific literature studies show that different environmental footprint analyses in EKR have been applied in various parts of the world. Most of environmental footprint assessment tools used by researchers include life cycle assessment (LCA) and green and sustainable remediation (GSR) tools. A recommendation is given to the GSR tools developed by the US EPA because known to have the simplest analytical method compared to other methods.