Electrochemistry for the Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Comninellis, Christos. (Editor), Chen, Guohua. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Environmental pollution.; Electrochemistry.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68318-8

Wastewater treatment technology is undergoing a profound transformation due to far-reaching changes in regulations governing the discharge and disposal of hazardous pollutants. Electrochemistry for the Environment first lays down the fundamentals of environmental electrochemistry, introducing the ba...

Table of Contents:

• Role of Electrochemistry in Environmental Sciences and Engineering
• Basic Principles of the Electrochemical Mineralization of Organic Pollutants for Wastewater Treatment
• Importance of electrode material in the electrochemical treatment of wastewater containing organic pollutants
• Techniques of electrode fabrication
• Modeling of electrochemical process for the treatment of wastewater containing organic pollutants
• Green electro-organic synthesis using BDD electrodes
• Domestic and industrial water disinfection using Boron-Doped Diamond electrodes
• Drinking Water Disinfection by Inline-Electrolysis  Product and Inorganic By-Product Formation
• Case studies in the electrochemical treatment of wastewater containing organic pollutants using BDD
• The persulfate process for the mediated oxidation of organic pollutants
• Electrochemical coagulation in wastewater treatment
• Electroflotation
• Principles and applications of solid polymer electrolyte reactors for electrochemical hydrodehalogenation of organic pollutants
• Preparation, Analysis and Behaviors of Ti Based SnO2 Electrode and the Function of Rare-earth Doping in Aqueous Wastes Treatment
• Wet Electrolytic Oxidation of Organics and Application for Sludge Treatment
• Photoelectrocatalytic Materials for Environmental Applications
• Solar disinfection of water by TiO2 photo-assisted processes: Physicochemical, biological and engineering aspects
• Fabrication of photoelectrode materials
• Use of both anode and cathode reactions in wastewater treatment .