PERSPECTIVES OF ELECTROCOAGULATION IN WATER DISINFECTION

C. Ricordel, D. Hadjiev, A. Darchen

2009

Abstract

Today effective electrochemical disinfection system seems to be an alternative to conventional chlorination, ozone or UV processes. This paper reports on a series of experiments evaluating the disinfection efficiency of electrocoagulation cell using Al electrodes. Solutions contaminated by E. coli and surface waters were used as test media. The process significantly outperformed chemical coagulation reducing the amount of aluminum used. In all cases, the treated solutions were effectively disinfected and almost total removal of coliforms and algae were rapidly performed. A relationship for the disinfection rate of E. coli cells has been proposed. This equation takes into account the electrophoretic migration of the cells and the subsequent release of discharged cells into the bulk.

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Ricordel C., Hadjiev D. and Darchen A. (2009). PERSPECTIVES OF ELECTROCOAGULATION IN WATER DISINFECTION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-65-4, pages 254-258. DOI: 10.5220/0001511602540258


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals09,
author={C. Ricordel and D. Hadjiev and A. Darchen},
title={PERSPECTIVES OF ELECTROCOAGULATION IN WATER DISINFECTION },
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={254-258},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001511602540258},
isbn={978-989-8111-65-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2009)
TI - PERSPECTIVES OF ELECTROCOAGULATION IN WATER DISINFECTION
SN - 978-989-8111-65-4
AU - Ricordel C.
AU - Hadjiev D.
AU - Darchen A.
PY - 2009
SP - 254
EP - 258
DO - 10.5220/0001511602540258