Electrochemically enhanced reduction of hexavalent chromium in contaminated clay: Kinetics, energy consumption, and application of pulse current

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 1099-1107

  Sun, Tian R ^a,b   Pamukcu, Sibel ^a   Ottosen, Lisbeth M ^b   Wang, Fei ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contaminated clay; Cr(VI) reduction; Energy consumption; Kinetics; Pulse current

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; IRON COMPOUNDS; KAOLINITE; RATE CONSTANTS; REDOX REACTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONTAMINATED CLAYS; CR REDUCTIONS; MASS-TRANSPORT PROCESS; POLARIZATION POTENTIAL; PSEUDO FIRST ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; PULSE CURRENTS; RATE-CONTROLLING STEPS; REDUCTION EFFICIENCY;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84910020387     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.081     Document Type: Article

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