Photo-assisted electrochemical treatment of municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 249, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-188

  Hurwitz, Gil ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^a,b   Liu, Kai ^c   Fan, Linhua ^c   Roddick, Felicity A ^c  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrochemical oxidation; Photolysis; Reverse osmosis concentrate; Synergy; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; WASTEWATER;

BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATES; SYNERGY;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84898980265     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.084     Document Type: Article

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