General potential-current model and validation for electrocoagulation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-195

  Dubrawski, Kristian L ^a   Du, Codey ^a   Mohseni, Madjid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrochemistry; Electrocoagulation; parallel plate electrode; reactor modeling; water treatment

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW RATE; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRO COAGULATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL VOLTAGE; MODELING AND VALIDATION; PARALLEL PLATE SYSTEMS; PARALLEL-PLATE ELECTRODES; REACTOR MODELING; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84896474506     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.02.089     Document Type: Article

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