A fuel-cell-assisted iron redox process for simultaneous sulfur recovery and electricity production from synthetic sulfide wastewater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 243, Issue , 2012, Pages 350-356

  Zhai, Lin Feng ^a   Song, Wei ^a   Tong, Zhong Hua ^b   Sun, Min ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling; Electricity; Fuel cell; Iron redox sulfur recovery

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIC EFFICIENCY; CORROSIVITY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; REDOX PROCESS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SOLUTION PH; SULFIDE REMOVAL; SULFUR RECOVERY; SULFUR RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; WASTE GAS; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

CONSERVATION; COUPLINGS; ELECTRICITY; FUEL CELLS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

IRON; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; IRON; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; ELECTRICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAS WASTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84869866275     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.10.046     Document Type: Article

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