Fluoride removal from pretreated photovoltaic wastewater by electrocoagulation: An investigation of the effect of operational parameters

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 385-391

  Drouiche, Nadjib ^a,b   Aoudj, Saleh ^a   Lounici, Hakim ^b   Drouiche, M ^b   Ouslimane, Tarik ^a   Ghaffour, Norredine ^c  

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

^b ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

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

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Fluoride; Iron electrode; Photovoltaic wastewater; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

APPLIED POTENTIALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE REMOVAL; IN-SITU; INITIAL PH; IRON ELECTRODES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SACRIFICIAL ANODES; WORKING PARAMETERS;

COAGULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; FLOTATION; HYDROGEN; WASTEWATER;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84859939719     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.1218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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