Electrocoagulation is tested for laboratory treatment of drinking water and wastewater. What about the use of this technical processing in the industry of water treatment?
Hi,
Regarding application of the EC, I had been monitoring waterworks (about 4 m3/h, overall energy consumption about 0.8 kWh/m3 of produced water) and made an article about, where iron electrodissolution (iron generator as we called it) was used to supplement iron ions in the treatment to remove arsenic. The iron generator was followed by an aerator and sand filter.
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Krzysztof
Hello Saiba,
I think for the drinking water, as we don't want to add the Fe, Al etc anions in water, we don't prefer the electrocoagulation. If the drinking water availability is very scarce, and the water is very turbid, only then we can go for the electrocoagulation but the thing is, it contains the anions and usually is not palatable, you have to check it for the drinking water quality standards.
Secondly, we can go with the electrocoagulation; as the sludge formation is less than other chemical treatment in various processing industries, but it is costly in some cases.
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