Laboratory- and technical-scale comparison of chlorate and perchlorate formation during drinking water electrolysis: a field study

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 765-778

  Bergmann, M E Henry ^a   Iourtchouk, Tatiana ^a   Schmidt, Wido ^b   Hartmann, Jens ^a   Fischer, Michaela ^b   Nüsske, Gabi ^b   Gerngroß, Daniela ^a  

^a ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DVGW Water Technology Centre (TZW) Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorate; Disinfection by products; Drinking water; Electrochemical disinfection; Perchlorate

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; POTABLE WATER; WATER;

BORON-DOPED DIAMOND ANODES; CHLORATE; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISINFECTION; FORMATION POTENTIAL; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE CONCENTRATION;

ANODES;

EID: 84932606502     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0826-z     Document Type: Article

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