Reduction of pollutants and disinfection of industrial wastewater by an integrated system of copper electrocoagulation and electrochemically generated hydrogen peroxide

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 406-413

  Barrera Diáz, Carlos E ^a   Frontana Uribe, Bernardo A ^a   Roa Morales, Gabriela ^a   Bilyeu, Bryan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection; electrochemical treatment; industrial wastewater; integrated process

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAGULATION; COPPER; DISINFECTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTEGRATED CONTROL; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; REDUCTION; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; EFFECT OF COPPERS; ELECTRO COAGULATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

COPPER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; DANGEROUS GOODS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVALUATION STUDY; FLOCCULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; COPPER; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLOCCULATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924174131     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2015.987547     Document Type: Article

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