Treatment of berberine hydrochloride wastewater by using pulse electro-coagulation process with Fe electrode

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 84-90

  Ren, Meijie ^a,b   Song, Yonghui ^a   Xiao, Shuhu ^a   Zeng, Ping ^a   Peng, Jianfeng ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berberine hydrochloride; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Pulse electro coagulation; Treatment process

Indexed keywords

AL ELECTRODE; BERBERINE HYDROCHLORIDE; COAGULATION PROCESS; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; ELECTROLYSIS TIME; ENERGY COST; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; PULSE DUTY CYCLE; PULSE ELECTRO-COAGULATION; PULSE FREQUENCIES; REACTION TIME; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PROCESS;

COAGULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79955010029     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.056     Document Type: Article

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