Electrocoagulation has been successfully used to treat a variety of industrial wastewaters. The goal is to form flocks of metal hydroxides within the effluent to be cleaned by electro-dissolution of soluble anodes. The present work deals with the removal of petroleum organic matter such as diesel fr...

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Main Authors: AlaaEldin Mohamed Hisham Elnenay, Ehssan Nassef, Gehan Farouk Malash, Mohamed Hussein Abdel Magid
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Language:English
Published: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 2017-03-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116300071
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author AlaaEldin Mohamed Hisham Elnenay
Ehssan Nassef
Gehan Farouk Malash
Mohamed Hussein Abdel Magid
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Ehssan Nassef
Gehan Farouk Malash
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description Electrocoagulation has been successfully used to treat a variety of industrial wastewaters. The goal is to form flocks of metal hydroxides within the effluent to be cleaned by electro-dissolution of soluble anodes. The present work deals with the removal of petroleum organic matter such as diesel from drilling fluids wastewater by the electrocoagulation technique using a direct current (DC) electrolytic cell. The cell is consisted of a rectangular Plexiglass container of dimension 12 * 12 * 15 cm equipped with varied number of parallel horizontal meshed Aluminum anodes (9 * 9 cm) and 115.2 cm2 effective area, stainless steel (9 * 9 cm) cathode. The electrodes were connected to a digit DC power supply (40 V) with a multi-range ammeter connected in series and voltmeter connected in parallel with the cell. The percentage of COD removal was studied under different conditions by varying the following parameters: (1) electrolysis time, from 5 to 45 min, (2) current density, from 0.008 to 0.034 A/cm2, (3) number of parallel horizontal meshed Al anodes, (4) electrolyte concentration. The new anode design of electrocoagulation cell permits high efficiencies with lower energy consumption in comparison with the other cell design used in previous studies.
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spelling doaj-art-d38e3608787e4780b82082f93a5cdfb22025-08-20T03:24:15ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212017-03-0126120320810.1016/j.ejpe.2016.03.005AlaaEldin Mohamed Hisham Elnenay0Ehssan Nassef1Gehan Farouk Malash2Mohamed Hussein Abdel Magid3Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, EgyptFaculty of Engineering, Pharos University, EgyptFaculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, EgyptFaculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, EgyptElectrocoagulation has been successfully used to treat a variety of industrial wastewaters. The goal is to form flocks of metal hydroxides within the effluent to be cleaned by electro-dissolution of soluble anodes. The present work deals with the removal of petroleum organic matter such as diesel from drilling fluids wastewater by the electrocoagulation technique using a direct current (DC) electrolytic cell. The cell is consisted of a rectangular Plexiglass container of dimension 12 * 12 * 15 cm equipped with varied number of parallel horizontal meshed Aluminum anodes (9 * 9 cm) and 115.2 cm2 effective area, stainless steel (9 * 9 cm) cathode. The electrodes were connected to a digit DC power supply (40 V) with a multi-range ammeter connected in series and voltmeter connected in parallel with the cell. The percentage of COD removal was studied under different conditions by varying the following parameters: (1) electrolysis time, from 5 to 45 min, (2) current density, from 0.008 to 0.034 A/cm2, (3) number of parallel horizontal meshed Al anodes, (4) electrolyte concentration. The new anode design of electrocoagulation cell permits high efficiencies with lower energy consumption in comparison with the other cell design used in previous studies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116300071ElectrocoagulationDrilling fluidsWastewaterTreatment
spellingShingle AlaaEldin Mohamed Hisham Elnenay
Ehssan Nassef
Gehan Farouk Malash
Mohamed Hussein Abdel Magid
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Electrocoagulation
Drilling fluids
Wastewater
Treatment
topic Electrocoagulation
Drilling fluids
Wastewater
Treatment
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116300071