Orthogonal Experimental Study on Remediation of Ethylbenzene Contaminated Soil by SVE
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript entitled "Orthogonal experimental study on remediation of ethylben- 2 zene contaminated soil by SVE" present some interesting results. However, the below-mentioned major revision remarks must be addressed before the second round of revision.
1. The Abstract should be rewritten. It should be concise and inform the readers of the background, research question, hypothesis, methodology, the main results and conclusions of the research presented, and ideally, the main implications and broader context of your findings.
2. Introduction section requires a more detailed discussion leading to the problem statement and scope of this study. Also, more literature is needed to be discussed. for instance, in lines 28-29 please also cite
3. The novelty of your work should be clear and additionally highlighted, together with the objectives of your research, in the last paragraph of the Introduction.
4. The Methodology needs improvement. It should be concise and logical allowing interested researchers to be able to repeat your work. If the methodology, or some parts, has already been published elsewhere, you should summarize it and provide a reference.
5. SVE model setup should be alabotrated in detail; further please highlight the novelty of SVE test setup in the context of orthodox testing setup demonstrated in the literature.
6. How did this study cover the sustainability related aspects for instance take (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16912-w; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106899) as a reference to explain sustainability related aspects and field implications of this study.
7. Improve the Conclusions section. The Conclusions section should indicate research gaps and research directions identified as the results of the research presented.
8. Lines 315-316; 318; 320; 326 need revision, please make sure such typo mistakes does not appear in your manuscript. Table and Figure are repeated in sentences for instance see line 345; 347, please correct it all. Also, Figure 7 in Line 347 needs refrence such as https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2022.100781. Check the formatting of your manuscript in detail.
9. Explain the significance of your work more clearly and explicitly.
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Reviewer 2 Report
This manuscript presents a study on the orthogonal experimental study on remediation of ethylbenzene contaminated soil by SVE. An orthogonal test is used to investigate the influence factors of SVE performance in silt with ethylbenzene as the target pollutant. The optimal removal condition is obtained combined with the desirability function and the best combination is simulated by 3D numerical simulation to verify the experimental findings. Generally, it is of interest for the scientific community. The paper is well written and structured. However, there are still some questions and suggestions for this study before it can be finally accepted.
1. In the Introduction Section, the authors should present more clear research gap and novelty of this work.
2. Please improve the quality of Fig. 5. It is difficult to identify the symbol and line in b/w print.
3. Please revise Figs. 6 and 7 for clarity.
4. Conclusion section is very generic. Please address major contribution of this work.
5. In many places, English language used is not at high quality. Polishing the English is strongly recommended.
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
This paper is recommended to be accepted for publication in it's current form.
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors have satisfactorily addressed the concerns of reviewer.
