Development of an empirical model for fluoride removal from photovoltaic wastewater by electrocoagulation process

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 96-102

  Drouiche, N ^a,b   Aoudj, S ^a   Lounici, H ^b   Mahmoudi, H ^c   Ghaffour, N ^d   Goosen, M F A ^e  

^a L'Unite de Developpement de la Technologie du Silicium   (Algeria)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

^c HASSIBA BENBOUALI UNIVERSITY OF CHLEF   (Algeria)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Empirical model; Experimental design; Fluoride; Photovoltaic wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958753898     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.1966     Document Type: Article

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