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Towards a Cleaner Environment Using Electrochemical Techniques

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Electrochemical Engineering and Energy

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Electrochemical processes can contribute considerably to environmental protection by means of waste purification processes and production integrated waste minimization. As examples of waste purification techniques, electrochemical processes for gas purification and removal of toxic metal ions from waste water will be described. For production integrated processes, the examples given are fluidized bed electrolysis for metal recovery in cellulose acetate production, the membrane process for alkali chloride electrolysis, and the electroreduction of dichloroacetic acid.

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Kreysa, G., Jüttner, K. (1995). Towards a Cleaner Environment Using Electrochemical Techniques. In: Lapicque, F., Storck, A., Wragg, A.A. (eds) Electrochemical Engineering and Energy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2514-1_27

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