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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 168, Issue 2-3, Pages 1325-1333Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.021
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Defluoridation; Electrocoagulation; Electroflotation; External-loop airlift reactor; Stirred tank reactor
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Defluoridation using batch electrocoagulation/electroflotation (EC/EF) was carried out in two reactors for comparison purpose: a stirred tank reactor (STR) close to a conventional EC cell and an external-loop airlift reactor (ELAR) that was recently described as an innovative reactor for EC. The respective influences of current density, initial concentration and initial pH on the efficiency of defluoridation were investigated. The same trends were observed in both reactors, but the efficiency was higher in the STR at the beginning of the electrolysis, whereas similar values were usually achieved after 15 min operation. The influence of the initial pH was explained using the analyses of sludge composition and residual soluble aluminum species in the effluents, and it was related to the prevailing mechanisms of defluoridation. Fluoride removal and sludge reduction were both favored by an initial pH around 4, but this value required an additional pre-treatment for pH adjustment. Finally, electric energy consumption was similar in both reactors when current density was lower than 12 mA/cm(2), but mixing and complete flotation of the pollutants were achieved without additional mechanical power in the ELAR, using only the overall liquid recirculation induced by H-2 microbubbles generated by water electrolysis, which makes subsequent treatments easier to carry out. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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