Treatment of domestic wastewater by electrocoagulation in a cell with Fe-Fe electrodes

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-161

  Kurt, Ugur ^a   Gonullu, M Talha ^a   Ilhan, Fatih ^a   Varinca, Kamil ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

COD; Domestic wastewater; Electricity consumption; Electrocoagulation; Sludge reduction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTROLYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS;

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROLYSIS CELL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

IRON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 40549100005     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0132     Document Type: Article

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