Electrochemical Technology For water and wastewater treatment

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About Presentation

Bottlenecks of conventional water treatment technologies De-bottlenecking water treatment with Electrochemical AOP Introduction to Electrochemical AOP reactor Reactions inside the Electrochemical reactor Case studies Comparison of Electrochemical AOP with other AOP process Complementary not competing

Bottlenecks of conventional water treatment process

Conventional methods include Biological process, Membrane filtration, Carbon adsorption, Alum dosing etc. Conventional processes are unable to meet the complexity of present day chemical / organic treatment. Unable to remove color, bio-refractory organics, solvents, SS to required extent. Requires huge space and infrastructure. Long holding / retention times Sensitive to shock loads Capacity bottleneck cannot be changed as and when needed Secondary issues like solid waste and concentrate generation

De-bottlenecking wastewater treatment using Electrochemical AOP

1. Electrochemical AOP system unselectively destroys organics in wastewater 2. Process generates no solid waste 3. Effective for destruction of bio-refractory organics 4. Effective for destruction of color 5. Improves the efficiency of Aerobic process, enhances methane generation in An-aerobic process. Salient features: a. Requires very less space b. Can fit the existing process easily c. Easily scalable d. Distributed treatment possible

ElectroOxidation reactor - Working principle

Efficient generation of mixed oxidant

CETP wastewater

3000 2500 COD (ppm) 2000 1500 1000 500 0 0 1 Hour 2 3

Ammonical Nitrogen and COD

NH3 removal
9000 8000
16000 14000 12000 COD (ppm) 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0

COD

Ammonical N (ppm)

7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 -1000 0 5 10 15 20

10 Tim e

15

20

Time

RA W

EC

EO 5hr

EO 9hr

EO 12hr EO 15hr

Direct Dye wastewater

COD reduction
4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 COD ppm 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

Time (hours)

Pesticide wastewater

Raw

30 min

60 min

90 min

120 min

150 min

COD reduction
1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 0 50 100 Tim e (m in) 150 200

COD (ppm)

Pesticide wastewater -2: High COD

Initial COD 30,000 ppm Final COD 2200 ppm

Glycerol in 25% NaCl solution

4500 4000 3500 TOC (ppm) 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Initial Final 0

pH Variation 12 10

pH value

8 6 4 2 0 0 5 10 15

time (hr)

Comparison of Electrooxidation with other Advanced Oxidation process

Electrooxidaiton operates at neutral pH as compared to other AOP process requiring acidic pH. Radicals in Electrooxidation needs no additional activators as compared to Iron in fenton, peroxide in Ozonation. Electrooxidation activates inorganics like chloride, sulfate in wastewater to : generate secondary radicals Other AOP are unable to generate such secondary oxidants. Most of the radical generation is in-situ, needing hardly any additional chemical storage. Operates at normal Voltages unlike hundreds of voltage of Ozone generation.

Complementary to conventional process

A Bio refractory organics B BOD C CO2

Combined Electrooxidation and Biological treatment

1. Making use of best of both worlds 2. Opens new avenues for Electrooxidation process 3. A unique solution to handle shock loads in biological system

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