Carwash Wastewater Treatment by Electrocoagulation Using Aluminum Foil Electrodes

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Israa Mawlood Atiyah
Basma Abbas Abdul-Majeed

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Large quantities of contaminated carwash wastewater are produced per day from carwash places. Extensively it contains large quantities of chemicals from detergents, oil, grease, heavy metals, suspended solids, types of hydrocarbons, and biological contents. A novel electrocoagulation treatment by foil electrodes was conducted to remove COD, turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) from contaminated carwash wastewater and decrease its Electrical Conductivity (EC). A thin layer of aluminum foil is used as an electrode in this treatment process. The effects of different voltage and treatment times were studied. The best result was found at a voltage of 30 volts and treatment time 90 minute where the removal efficiency of COD, turbidity, TDS, and EC were 97.94%, 99.90%, 25.31%, 15.57% respectively.


 


 

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“Carwash Wastewater Treatment by Electrocoagulation Using Aluminum Foil Electrodes” (2019) Journal of Engineering, 25(10), pp. 50–60. doi:10.31026/j.eng.2019.10.04.
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“Carwash Wastewater Treatment by Electrocoagulation Using Aluminum Foil Electrodes” (2019) Journal of Engineering, 25(10), pp. 50–60. doi:10.31026/j.eng.2019.10.04.

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