title: Electrocoagulation of wastewater from almond industry.
abstract: This work was carried out to study the treatment of almond industry wastewater by the electrocoagulation process. First of all, laboratory scale experiments were conducted in order to determine the effects of relevant wastewater characteristics such as conductivity and pH, as well as the process variables such as anode material, current density and operating time on the removal efficiencies of the total organic carbon (TOC) and the most representative analytical parameters. Next, the wastewater treatment process was scaled up to pre-industrial size using the best experimental conditions and parameters obtained at laboratory scale. Finally, economic parameters such as chemicals, energy consumption and sludge generation have been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Electroquímica Aplicada, Instituto Universitario de Electroquímica, Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Alicante Apdo. 99, Alicante 03080, Spain. david.valero@ua.es
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valero
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Expósito
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Montiel
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aldaz
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004572:Electrolysis / Q000379:methods*; D019649:Food Industry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007753:Laboratories; D009754:Nuts; D027861:Prunus; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical