Chapter 13
Electro-Oxidation Processes: Criteria and Considerations for Full-Scale Applications
Publication: Electro-Coagulation and Electro-Oxidation in Water and Wastewater Treatment
Abstract
In recent decades, electro-oxidation (EO) has gained increasing interest for treatment of water and wastewaters, mainly because of its high efficiency in the removal of biorefractory substances. EO has been employed to treat the wastewater generated in various industries. This chapter provides an overview of fundamental aspects of EO in wastewater treatment and the scale-up of this technology in the context of essential design parameters. The EO mechanism and EO design criteria are summarized. Some coupled systems employed for EO-based wastewater treatment are described. The remediation of several types of wastewaters by EO is then explored, with a focus on the different contaminates. Finally, critical challenges pertinent to EO and recommendations to surmount the implementations are presented.
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Nomenclature
- BDD
- Boron-doped diamond
- BOD
- Biological oxygen demand
- CD
- Current density
- CNT
- Carbon nanotube
- COD
- Chemical oxygen demand
- EC
- Electro-coagulation
- EO
- Electro-oxidation
- EPA
- Environmental protection agency
- POP
- Persistent organic pollutant
- UF
- Ultrafiltratio
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Electro-Coagulation and Electro-Oxidation in Water and Wastewater Treatment
Pages: 359 - 382
Editors: Patrick Drogui, Ph.D., Université du Québec, R. D. Tyagi, Ph.D., Université du Québec, Rao Y. Surampalli, Ph.D., Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Tian C. Zhang, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Song Yan, Ph.D., Université du Québec, and Xiaolei Zhang, Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
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