Electrochemical pretreatment of wastewater from bulk drug manufacturing industry

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 716-719

  Deshpande, Abhijit M ^a   Satyanarayan, Shanta ^b   Ramakant, S ^c  

^a MP Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c India Office   (India)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Heavy metals; Industrial wastes; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ELECTRODES; BOD/COD RATIO; BULK DRUGS; CARBON ELECTRODE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COD REMOVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROLYSIS TIME; EXPOSURE-TIME; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HIGH STRENGTH; LEAST ENERGY; MILD STEEL; PRE-TREATMENT; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; COAGULATION; ELECTRODES; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STAINLESS STEEL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURING; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 67749088421     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000029     Document Type: Article

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