Performance evaluation of a continuous bipolar electrocoagulation/electrooxidation-electroflotation (ECEO-EF) reactor designed for simultaneous removal of ammonia and phosphate from wastewater effluent

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1267-1274

  Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a   Ebrahimi, Seyed Jamal Al din ^a   Mesdaghinia, Alireza ^a   Gharibi, Hamed ^a   Sowlat, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Electrocoagulation; Electroflotation; Electrooxidation; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA REMOVAL; BIPOLAR ELECTROCOAGULATION; DETENTION TIME; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL UNITS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROFLOTATION; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NEUTRAL PH; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATE REMOVAL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; STANDARD METHOD; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; STAINLESS STEEL; WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; PHOSPHATE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; RUTHENIUM DIOXIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; CATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEPARATION; STEEL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS BIPOLAR ELECTROCOAGULATION ELECTROOXIDATION ELECTROFLOTATION REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROFLOTATION; ELECTROOXIDATION; FLOTATION; OXIDATION; STANDARD; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRITES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80052034149     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.041     Document Type: Article

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