Electrocoagulation mechanism for COD removal

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-211

  Moreno Casillas, Hector A ^a   Cocke, David L ^a   Gomes, Jewel A G ^a   Morkovsky, Paul ^b   Parga, J R ^c   Peterson, Eric ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kaspar Electroplating Corporation   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SALTILLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acidity; Chemical oxygen demand (COD); Electrocoagulation (EC); Hydrolysis; Pourbaix diagram

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BYPRODUCTS; CHARACTERIZATION; COAGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; SOLUBILITY; WASTEWATER;

ELECTROCOAGULATION (EC); POURBAIX DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY DIAGRAMS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

EID: 34250179809     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Vik E.A., Carlson D.A., Eikun A.S., and Gjessing E.T. Electrocoagulation of potable water. Water Res. 18 (1984) 1355-1360
2. Matteson M.J., Dobson R.L., Glenn Jr. R.W., Kukunoor N.S., Waits III W.H., and Clayfield E.J. Electrocoagulation and separation of aqueous suspensions of ultrafine particles. Colloids Surf. A 104 1 (1995) 101-109
3. Holt P., Barton G., and Mitchell C. Electrocoagulation as a wastewater treatment. The Third Annual Australian Environmental Engineering Research Event. Castlemaine, Victoria (1999)
4. http://www.kaselco.com
5. Mollah M.Y.A., Schennach R., Parga J.R., and Cocke D.L. Electrocoagulation-science and applications. J. Hazard. Mater. B84 (2001) 29-41
6. Chen G.H. Electrochemical technologies in wastewater treatment. Sep. Purif. Technol. 38 (2004) 11-41
7. Murugananthan M., Raju G.B., and Prabhakar S. Separation of pollutants from tannery effluents by electro flotation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 40 (2004) 69-75
8. Inan H., Dimogio A., and Simsek H. Olive oil mill wastewater treatment by means of electro-coagulation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 36 (2004) 23-31
9. Chen M.X., Chen G.H., and Yue P.L. Separation of pollutant from restaurant wastewaters by electrocoagulation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 19 (2000) 65-76
10. Adhoum N., and Monser L. Decolourization and removal of phenolic compounds from olive mill wastewater by electrocoagulation. Chem. Eng. Process. 43 (2005) 1281-1287
11. Bayramoglu M., Kobya M., Eyvaz M., and Senturk E. Technical and economic analysis of electrocoagulation for the treatment of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater. Sep. Purif. Technol. 51 (2006) 404-408
12. Mollah M.Y.A., Pathak S.R., Patil P.K., Vayuvegula M., Agrawal T.S., Gomes J.A.G., Kesmez M., and Cocke D.L. Treatment of orange II azo-dye by electrocoagulation (EC) technique in a continuous flow cell using sacrificial iron electrodes. J. Hazard. Mater. B109 (2004) 165-171
13. Parga J.R., Cocke D.L., Valenzuela J.L., Kesmez M., Gomes J.A.G., and Valverde V. Arsenic removal by EC technology in the Comarca Lagunera Mexico. In: Reddy R.G., and Ramachandran V. (Eds). Arsenic Metallurgy (2005), TMS, San Francisco 227-239
14. Mollah M.Y.A., Morkovsky P., Gomes J.A.G., Kesmez M., Parga J., and Cocke D.L. Fundamentals, present and future perspectives of electrocoagulation. J. Hazard. Mater. B114 (2004) 199-210
15. Holt P., Barton G., and Mitchell C. The future of EC as a localized water treatment technology. Chemosphere 59 3 (2005) 335-367
16. Pichard T., Cathlifaud G., Mazet M., and Vandesteendam C. Cathodic dissolution in the electrocoagulation process using Al electrodes. J. Environ. Monit. 2 (2000) 77-80
17. Canizares P., Carmona M., Martinez F., and Rodrigo M.A. Electrodissolution of Al electrodes in electrocoagulation process. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 44 (2005) 4178-4185
18. http://www.corrosion-doctors.org
19. West J.M. Basic Corrosion and Oxidation. second ed. (1981), Wiley International Publications, New York
20. Parga J.R., Cocke D.L., Valverde V., Gomes J.A.G., Kesmez M., Moreno H., Weir M., and Mencer D. Characterization of electrocoagulation for removal of Cr and As. J. Chem. Eng. Technol. 28 (2005) 605-612
21. Gomes J.A.G., Cocke D.L., Daida P., Kesmez M., Weir M., Moreno H., Parga 'J.R., Irwin G., McWhinney H., Grady T., and Peterson E. Arsenic removal by electrocoagulation using combined Al-Fe electrode system and characterization of products. J. Hazard. Mater. B139 (2007) 220-231
22. Pourbaix M. Atlas of Electrochemical Equilibria in Aqueous Solutions. second ed. (1974), National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Texas