Removal of organic contaminants from secondary effluent by anodic oxidation with a boron-doped diamond anode as tertiary treatment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 551-557

  Garcia Segura, Sergi ^a,b   Keller, Jürg ^a   Brillas, Enric ^b   Radjenovic, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boron doped diamond anode; Electrochemical oxidation; Micropollutants; Secondary effluent; Tertiary water treatment

Indexed keywords

BORON-DOPED DIAMOND ANODES; MICROPOLLUTANTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION;

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE ION; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PESTICIDE; BORON; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIAMOND; DRUG; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ARTICLE; BORON DOPED DIAMOND ANODE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BORON; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DIAMOND; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84908431760     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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