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Electrochemical aspects of chemical waste minimisation

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Electrochemistry is an established technology in industry and its applications play an important role in the commercial world [1]. Rapidly expanding areas are in the treatment of effluents and in recycling. Under the general umbrella of electrochemical technologies for waste minimisation, there are three broad categories of processes: direct and indirect electrochemical processes and electrochemically driven separations. Although invariably used for aqueous based constituents, there are applications in the treatment of solids, gases and organic species. The scope of electrochemistry in waste minimisation is outlined in Table 11.1. The processes are varied and are used for:

  1. (a)

    the recovery of valuable components from waste waters, e.g. metal ions such as Cu, Pb, Hg, Au, Ag, etc.

  2. (b)

    treatment of waste waters containing cyanide, chromium species, phenols, PCBs etc.

  3. (c)

    removal of acid gases such as SO2 and H2S from combustion gas

  4. (d)

    purification of water using disinfection with Cl2, OCl−, OH− and O3

  5. (e)

    recycling of constituents in plating operations and reagents for oxidations and reductions, e.g. Cr(IV), Ce(IV) ions

  6. (f)

    separation processes for solid/liquid and liquid/liquid dispersions

  7. (g)

    separation and recycling of salts via electrochemical membrane processes

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