Electrocoagulation and effect of cathode materials on the removal of pollutants from tannery wastewater of Rouïba

Desalination

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 128-134

  Benhadji, Amel ^a   Taleb Ahmed, Mourad ^a   Maachi, Rachida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Electrochemical process; Inorganic pollutants; Organic pollutants; Treatment of wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ANODES; ALUMINUM CATHODE; EFFECT OF CATHODE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROLYSIS TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER;

ALUMINUM; CATHODES; CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; IRON; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79960355196     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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