Removal of nutrients and other emerging inorganic contaminants from water and wastewater by electrocoagulation process

P V Nidheesh; Farhan M Khan; Abudukeremu Kadier; J Akansha; Million Ebba Bote; Milad Mousazadeh

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135756

Removal of nutrients and other emerging inorganic contaminants from water and wastewater by electrocoagulation process

Chemosphere. 2022 Nov;307(Pt 2):135756. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135756. Epub 2022 Jul 30.

Authors

P V Nidheesh¹, Farhan M Khan², Abudukeremu Kadier³, J Akansha⁴, Million Ebba Bote⁵, Milad Mousazadeh⁶

Affiliations

¹ CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440020, India. Electronic address: nidheeshpv129@gmail.com.
² CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440020, India.
³ Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. Electronic address: abudukeremu@ms.xjb.ac.cn.
⁴ School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Katpadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632 014, India.
⁵ Department of Water Supply and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, PoBox - 378, Ethiopia.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.

PMID: 35917977
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135756

Abstract

The continual discharge of emerging inorganic pollutants into natural aquatic systems and their negative effects on the environment have motivated the researchers to explore and develop clean and efficient water treatment strategies. Electrocoagulation (EC) is a rapid and promising pollutant removal approach that does not require any chemical additives or complicated process management. Therefore, inorganic pollutant treatment via the EC process is considered one of the most feasible processes. The potential developments of EC process may make the process a wise choice for water treatment in the future. Thus, the present study mainly focuses on the use of EC technology to remove nutrients and other emerging inorganic pollutants from water medium. The operating factors that influence EC process efficiency are explained. The major advancement of the EC technique as well as field-implemented units are also discussed. Overall, this study mainly focuses on emerging issues, present advancements, and techno-economic considerations in EC process.

Keywords: Electrocoagulation (EC); Emerging pollutants; Inorganic pollutants; Nutrients; Water treatment.

MeSH terms

Electrocoagulation / methods
Electrodes
Nutrients
Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods
Wastewater
Water Pollutants, Chemical*
Water Purification* / methods

Substances

Waste Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical