Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- ELECTROCOAGULATION BASED TREATMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER
- ELECTROCOAGULATION BASED TREATMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1
- Water and wastewater: Resource management and quality standards
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Water resource management
- 1.2.1 Pollution-prevention approach
- 1.2.2 Preservation approach
- 1.2.3 Purification approach
- 1.3 Water-quality standards and sources
- 1.3.1 Drinking water standards
- 1.3.2 Industrial discharge standards
- 1.4 Major sources of water pollution
- 1.4.1 Surface water
- 1.4.2 Ground water
- 1.4.3 Industrial wastewater
- 1.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- 2
- Water treatment techniques for the remediation of drinking and industrial wastewater
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Classification of treatment techniques
- 2.2.1 Physical treatment techniques
- 2.2.2 Chemical treatment techniques
- 2.2.3 Energy-intensive techniques
- 2.3 Current treatment processes for water and wastewater
- 2.3.1 Ozonation process
- 2.3.2 Adsorption process
- 2.3.3 Chemical coagulation/flocculation process
- 2.4 Drawbacks of the conventional processes
- 2.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- 3
- Fundamentals of electrochemistry in water treatment
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Overview of electrochemical method
- 3.2.1 General cell designs
- 3.2.2 Establishment and maintenance of an inert atmosphere
- 3.2.3 Cell resistance and capacitance
- 3.3 Electrode materials
- 3.3.1 Carbon electrodes
- 3.3.2 Metal electrodes
- 3.4 Factors affecting the electrochemical process
- 3.4.1 Electrode kinetics
- 3.4.2 Diffusion coefficient
- 3.4.3 Electrolyte conductivity
- 3.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- 4
- Advances in electrocoagulation process: Fundamentals and mechanism
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Overview of electrocoagulation process
- 4.2.1 Mechanism of EC process
- 4.2.2 Reactor design and operational control
- 4.2.3 Optimisation and modelling of EC process
- 4.3 Commonly used electrode materials for EC process
- 4.3.1 Aluminium and iron electrodes
- 4.3.2 Other electrodes
- 4.4 Operating variables affecting the degradation efficacy of EC process
- 4.4.1 Current density and solution pH
- 4.4.2 Inter-electrode spacing and electrode connection
- 4.5 Techno-economic analysis of electrocoagulation process
- 4.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- 5
- Electrocoagulation and ozonation processes for the treatment of cold rolling mill wastewater from steel industr ...
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Materials and methodology
- 5.2.1 Materials
- 5.2.2 Experimental methods
- 5.2.2.1 Fabrication of an electrocoagulation reactor
- 5.2.2.2 Lab scale set-up of ozonation unit
- 5.3 Results and discussion
- 5.3.1 Variation in solution pH
- 5.3.2 Effect of ozone and electrocoagulation on phenol and iron concentration
