Laboratory and pilot plant studies on electrochemical pretreatment of drinking water

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1447-1457

  Miao, Jie ^a   Chen, Yongmei ^a   Yang, Xiao Jin ^a   Liu, Yongkang ^b   Zhao, Shunping ^b   Yang, Yang ^b   Yang, Chunling ^b   Wan, Pingyu ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Waterworks Group   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical disinfection; Drinking water treatment; Electrochemical disinfection; Hydrogen peroxide

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 85027924704     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.950998     Document Type: Article

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