Treatment of high-strength pharmaceutical wastewater by electrocoagulation combined with anaerobic process

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 463-472

  Deshpande, A M ^a   Satyanarayan, S ^b   Ramakant, S ^c  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c STUP Consultants P Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fixed film fixed bed reactor; Colour removal; Electrocoagulation; Pharmaceutical wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COAGULATION; COLOR; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; PH EFFECTS; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER RECYCLING;

COLOUR REMOVAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FIXED FILM; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; COLOR; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ELECTROKINESIS; HYDRAULICS; PH; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FIXED FILM REACTOR; PH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77950362207     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.831     Document Type: Article

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