Electrochemical disinfection of toilet wastewater using wastewater electrolysis cell

Water Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 164-172

  Huang, Xiao ^a   Qu, Yan ^b   Cid, Clément A ^b   Finke, Cody ^b   Hoffmann, Michael R ^b   Lim, Keahying ^a   Jiang, Sunny C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection byproducts; Electrochemical disinfection; Microbial pathogens; Solar energy; Toilet wastewater; Wastewater electrolysis cell

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISINFECTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISINFECTION; ELECTROLYSIS CELL; INACTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WASTEWATER DISINFECTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; BISMUTH; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYPOCHLORITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRIHALOMETHANE; OXIDIZING AGENT; WASTE WATER;

DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; SOLAR POWER; WASTEWATER; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MS2; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRUS SEROTYPE 5; TOILET WASTEWATER DISINFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LEVIVIRUS; PROCEDURES; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTE WATER;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; HALOGENATION; KINETICS; LEVIVIRUS; OXIDANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRIHALOMETHANES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84956600747     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.01.040     Document Type: Article

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