Direct electrochemical oxidation of ammonia on graphite as a treatment option for stored source-separated urine

Water Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-294

  Zöllig, Hanspeter ^a   Fritzsche, Cristina ^a   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a   Udert, Kai M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorinated by products; Decentralized; Nitrogen removal; NoMix technology; On site; Potential controlled electrolysis

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BODY FLUIDS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROLYSIS; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA REMOVAL; ANODE POTENTIAL; CHLORINATED BY-PRODUCT; CHLORINATED ORGANICS; DECENTRALISED; NOMIX TECHNOLOGIES; ON-SITE; POTENTIAL CONTROLED ELECTROLYSE; POTENTIAL CONTROLLED;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORATE; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; ELECTROLYTE; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PERCHLORATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

AMMONIA; DECENTRALIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROKINESIS; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; URINE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CORROSION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DIRECT AMMONIA OXIDATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAPHITE ELECTRODE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH ELECTRODE; POLARIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARD HYDROGEN ELECTRODE; STORED SOURCE SEPARATED URINE; URINE; URINE COLLECTOR; URINE PH; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES;

AMMONIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URINE;

EID: 84916918684     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.031     Document Type: Article

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