Study on influencing parameters and long-term operation of electrocoagulation phosphorus removal from small rural domestic sewage

• Published in: Water science and technology Vol. 87; no. 8; pp. 1866 - 1878
• Main Authors: Jiang, Chunfeng, Liu, Yanqing, Zhang, Chong, Li, Xianning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IWA Publishing 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Aquatic environment; Cellulose acetate; Continuous flow; Current density; Efficiency; Electricity; Electrocoagulation; Electrocoagulation - methods; electrode passivation; Electrodes; Emission analysis; Energy consumption; Eutrophication; Experiments; Household wastes; Hydraulic retention time; Hydrochloric acid; Phosphorus; Phosphorus removal; Public health; Removal; Retention time; Rural areas; Sewage; small rural domestic wastewater; Surface water; Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods; China

Excessive discharge of phosphorus can produce eutrophication in aquatic environments, damaging public health, the living environment, and the economy. The conventional mechanical–biological phosphorus removal methods are not suitable for small rural domestic sewage due to the features of small scale...