Electrocoagulation in wastewater treatment

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 495-525

  Butler, Erick ^a   Hung, Yung Tse ^a   Yeh, Ruth Yu Li ^b   Al Ahmad, Mohammed Suleiman ^a  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Electrochemical treatment; Electrocoagulation; Sacrificial anodes; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO COAGULATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; TREATMENT METHODS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 85092384754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3020495     Document Type: Review

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