How to avoid the formation of hazardous chlorates and perchlorates during electro-disinfection with diamond anodes?

This work focuses on disinfection of water using electrolysis with diamond coatings avoiding or minimizing the formation of hazardous chlorates and perchlorates using a special type of commercial cells designed by CONDIAS (Itzehoe, Germany) in two different sizes: the CabECO and the MIKROZON cells....

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Autores: Isidro Elvira, Julia, Brackemeyer, Dirk, Sáez Jiménez, Cristina, Llanos López, Javier, Lobato Bajo, Justo, Cañizares Cañizares, Pablo, Matthée, Thorsten, Rodrigo Rodrigo, Manuel Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/29347
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110566
http://hdl.handle.net/10578/29347
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electro-disinfection
Chlorates
Perchlorates
CabECO
MIKROZON
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Sumario:This work focuses on disinfection of water using electrolysis with diamond coatings avoiding or minimizing the formation of hazardous chlorates and perchlorates using a special type of commercial cells designed by CONDIAS (Itzehoe, Germany) in two different sizes: the CabECO and the MIKROZON cells. In these cells, the electrolyte that separates the anode and cathode is a proton exchange membrane. This helps to minimize the production of perchlorate and this behavior is enhanced in the smallest cell for which the very low contact times between the electrodes and the water allows to avoid the production of perchlorates when operating in a single-pass mode, which becomes a really remarkable point. In this paper, we report tests in which we demonstrate this outstanding performance and we also explain the differences observed in the two cells operating with the same water.