Simultaneous arsenic and fluoride removal from synthetic and real groundwater by electrocoagulation process: Parametric and cost evaluation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 190, Issue , 2017, Pages 102-112

  Thakur, Lokendra Singh ^a   Mondal, Prasenjit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Electrocoagulation; Fluoride removal; Operating cost; Real groundwater; Synthetic groundwater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; ELECTRODES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; ELECTRO COAGULATIONS; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; FLUORIDE REMOVAL; INITIAL PH; NACL CONCENTRATION; REAL GROUNDWATER; REMOVAL OF ARSENICS; RUNTIMES; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER;

OPERATING COSTS;

ARSENIC; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; ALUMINUM; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REACTION KINETICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRENT DENSITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMISTRY; COST; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ELECTRODE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85007406930     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.053     Document Type: Article

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