Laboratory study of electro-coagulation-flotation for water treatment

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 4064-4078

  Jiang, Jia Qian ^a,b   Graham, Nigel ^a   André, Cecile ^a   Kelsall, Geoff H ^a   Brandon, Nigel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium sulphate; Coagulation; Current efficiency; Electrocoagulation; Specific electrical energy consumption; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATHODES; COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOTATION; REDUCTION;

FLOW CONFIGURATIONS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ELECTROLYTE;

COAGULATION; ELECTRICAL TECHNIQUE; FLOTATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLOTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PRECIPITATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0036755027     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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