Treatment of wastewater.

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nanoman Participant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3	Treatment of wastewater. 01/10/2008 3:44 PM
	I was just wondering what would be the ideal electrode's (Type of material) to use for electrolysis in wastewater treatment?
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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2774 Good Answers: 101	#1 Re: Treatment of wastewater. 01/10/2008 11:35 PM
	Are you thinking of carrying out electrocoagulation? If so, it's soft iron. __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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nanoman Participant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Treatment of wastewater. 01/11/2008 7:47 AM
	No, I am intending to use the process of electrolysis to electrocute nitrate and ammonia compounds for a release of ozone.
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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2774 Good Answers: 101	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Treatment of wastewater. 01/14/2008 5:33 AM
	I still don't get what you mean. Are you trying to create O₃ by electrolysing an NO₃ solution, or are you trying to get rid of NH₃ & NO₃ through electrolysis? __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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nanoman Participant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Treatment of wastewater. 01/14/2008 7:46 AM
	Yes I am trying to get rid of the compounds and possibly some other odor emmitted compounds such as methane etc...
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Treatment of wastewater. 01/14/2008 9:33 AM
	Well, it won't happen by electrolysis. Methane has no smell. Ozone is bad for fauna at ground level. All nitrates are completely soluble. Nitrate can be removed by biological processing with the right sort of bugs. Ammonia can be converted to nitrate by biological processing with the right sort of bugs. Wastewater can be converted to something close to drinking water in a membrane bioreactor. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2774 Good Answers: 101	#6 Re: Treatment of wastewater. 01/14/2008 11:33 PM
	Aerobic biological treatment will get rid of foul odors such as NH₃ & H₂S. Follow up the aerobic process by an anoxic process to denitrify the NO₃, followed by one more round of aerobic treatment to remove PO₄. This will be far more effective at eliminating CH₄and foul odors than electrolysis. __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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