Optimizing COD removal from greywater by photoelectro-persulfate process using Box-Behnken design: assessment of effluent quality and electrical energy consumption

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 19350-19361

  Ahmadi, Mehdi ^a   Ghanbari, Farshid ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrogenerated Fe(II); Greywater; Persulfate; Sulfate radical; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FREE RADICAL; IRON; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

SULFATE; SULFATE RADICAL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; SULFATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84976469077     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7139-6     Document Type: Article

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