Electrocoagulation for the treatment of textile wastewaters with Al or Fe electrodes: Compared variations of COD levels, turbidity and absorbance

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Zongo, Inoussa ^a,b   Maiga, Amadou Hama ^b   Wéthé, Joseph ^b   Valentin, Gérard ^a   Leclerc, Jean Pierre ^a   Paternotte, Gérard ^a   Lapicque, Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Inst de Rech en Sci Appl Tech   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Aluminium; COD; Electrocoagulation; Iron; Textile industry; Turbidity; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ALUMINIUM; CELL VOLTAGES; COD; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; DISCONTINUOUS SYSTEMS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IRON ELECTRODES; METAL HYDROXIDE; POLLUTING SUBSTANCES; RECIRCULATION; REGULAR VARIATIONS; SIMPLE MODEL; TEXTILE WASTEWATER;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FLOCCULATION; IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METAL RECOVERY; PHASE SEPARATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; IRON;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURBIDITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHASE SEPARATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES; FLOCCULATION; HYDROXIDES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67649806894     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.072     Document Type: Article

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