Treatment of process water containing heavy metals with a two-stage electrolysis procedure in a membrane electrolysis cell

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Fischer, R ^a   Seidel, H ^b   Morgenstern, P ^b   Forster H J ^c   Thiele, W ^c   Krebs, P ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Eilenburger Elektrolyse und Umwelttechnik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION;

BIOLEACHING; DISSOLVED METALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WATER TREATMENT;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; GRAPHITE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL ION; PLATINUM; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID; ZINC;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROLYSIS; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ION EXCHANGE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LEACHING; PH; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS MODEL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 18144406521     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200420067     Document Type: Article

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