Electrochemical abatement of hydrogen sulfide from waste streams

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1555-1578

  Pikaar, Ilje ^a   Likosova, Elena Mejia ^a   Freguia, Stefano ^a   Keller, Jürg ^a   Rabaey, Korneel ^a,b   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

corrosion; electrochemical methods; sulfide; sulfur recovery; waste gas; wastewater

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESULFURIZATION; HYDROGEN; SEWAGE; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WASTEWATER;

CONVENTIONAL ABATEMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL METHODS; SULFIDE; SULFUR RECOVERY; WASTE GAS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

CAUSTIC AGENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; COST ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; STREAM; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPRECIPITATION; FLOTATION; FUTUROLOGY; GAS WASTE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; SCALE UP; SEWAGE; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84929207928     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2014.966419     Document Type: Article

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