Simultaneous reduction of nitrate and oxidation of by-products using electrochemical method

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 724-730

  Li, Miao ^a   Feng, Chuanping ^b   Zhang, Zhenya ^a   Lei, Xiaohui ^c   Chen, Rongzhi ^a   Yang, Yinan ^a   Sugiura, Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Cu Zn; Electrochemical oxidation; Electrochemical reduction; Nitrate; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

CU-ZN; ELECTROCHEMICAL DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; INITIAL PH; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITROGEN GAS; POLLUTED WATER; PT ANODES; REDUCTION RATE; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION; SUPPORTING ELECTROLYTE;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NITRATES; PASSIVATION; PLATINUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

COPPER; IRIDIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM; ZINC;

COPPER; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; NITRATE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZINC;

EID: 70349238637     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.066     Document Type: Article

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