Nitrate removal by a paired electrolysis on copper and Ti/IrO2 coupled electrodes - Influence of the anode/cathode surface area ratio

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1918-1926

  Reyter, David ^a,b   Bélanger, Daniel ^b   Roué, Lionel ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Electrochemical treatment; Nitrate reduction; Nitrate removal; Paired electrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; ANODES; CATHODES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; ANODE CATHODES; ANODE SURFACES; AREA RATIOS; COPPER CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATES REMOVAL; PAIRED ELECTROLYSIS; SURFACE AREA;

NITRATES;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; COPPER; HYPOCHLORITE; IRON OXIDE; MERCURIC OXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TITANIUM; IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM OXIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMMONIA; COPPER; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRIDIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 76949092797     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.037     Document Type: Article

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