Electrochemical treatment as a pre-oxidative step for algae removal using Chlorella vulgaris as a model organism and BDD anodes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 219, Issue , 2013, Pages 512-519

  Mascia, Michele ^a   Vacca, Annalisa ^a   Palmas, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active chlorine; Algae; BDD anode; Chlorella vulgaris; Electrochemical treatment; Stainless steel cathode

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHLORINE; ALGAE REMOVAL; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BORON-DOPED DIAMOND ANODES; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLOSED LOOPS; CONTINUOUS MODE; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; FLOW CONDITION; GREEN ALGA; HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; INITIAL SOLUTION; MODEL ORGANISMS; NATURAL WATERS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; STAINLESS STEEL CATHODES; TYPICAL VALUES;

BATCH REACTORS; CATHODES; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84873468048     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.12.097     Document Type: Article

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