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Electrocoagulation of industrial wastewaters

Conference ·
OSTI ID:353606
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  1. General Environmental Corp., Denver, CO (United States)

A wide variety of contaminants (heavy metals, suspended solids, colloids, emulsified oils, organics, radionuclides) have been successfully removed from wastewater and groundwater using and electrocoagulation process. An innovative electrocoagulation system is described. This process involves a procedure which subjects dissolved and suspended wastewater contaminants to the simultaneous addition of metal ions in the presence of direct current. During the treatment process ionic and other charged particles in the wastewater are neutralized with oppositely charged ions generating the coagulation of contaminants. Several case studies are presented. The process is called CURE.

OSTI ID:
353606
Report Number(s):
CONF-970677--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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