Electrocoagulation applications for industrial wastewaters: a critical review

Environmental Technology Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-45

  Kabdasli I ^a   Arslan Alaton, I ^a   Olmez Hanci T ^a   Tunay O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

design and process parameters; electrocoagulation; industrial wastewater; operation costs; removal mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896877770     PISSN: 21622515     EISSN: 21622523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622515.2012.715390     Document Type: Article

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