Electrocoagulation treatment of sulfide wastewater in a batch reactor: Effect of electrode material on electrical operating costs

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1485-1491

  Secula, Marius Sebastian ^a   Creţescu, Igor ^a   Petrescu, Stelian ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anodic dissolution; Batch reactor; Electrical operating cost; Electrocoagulation; Sulfide wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870005815     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.186     Document Type: Article

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