This paper explores the use of electrocoagulation to remove boron from waste effluent in comparison with alum coagulation. In treating model test wastes, greater boron removals were achieved with electrocoagulation at low doses than conventional alum coagulation when reaction was undertaken for the same conditions (pH 8.5, and initial boron concentration was 500 mg/L). Al electrocoagulation can achieve good boron removal performance (68.3%) at a dose of 2.1 (as molar ratio of Al:B, and for current density of 62.1 A/m2), while alum coagulation can only achieve the maximum boron removal of 56% at a dose of 2.4. Also, Al electrocoagulation can remove 15–20% more boron than alum coagulation for the same dose compared in the treatment of both model test wastes and industry effluent. The estimation of running costs shows that to achieve 75% boron removal from industry waste effluent, i.e. removing 150 g of boron from 1 m3 of effluent, electrocoagulation was 6.2 times cheaper than alum coagulation. The economic advantage of electrocoagulation in the treatment of boron-containing waste effluent is thus significant.
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May 01 2006
Removal of boron (B) from waste liquors
J.-Q. Jiang;
*School of Engineering, C5, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
E-mail: j.jiang@surrey.ac
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Y. Xu;
Y. Xu
*School of Engineering, C5, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
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J. Simon;
J. Simon
**Borax Europe Ltd., 1A Guildford Business Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8XG, UK
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K. Quill;
K. Quill
**Borax Europe Ltd., 1A Guildford Business Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8XG, UK
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K. Shettle
K. Shettle
**Borax Europe Ltd., 1A Guildford Business Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8XG, UK
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Water Sci Technol (2006) 53 (11): 73–79.
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J.-Q. Jiang, Y. Xu, J. Simon, K. Quill, K. Shettle; Removal of boron (B) from waste liquors. Water Sci Technol 1 May 2006; 53 (11): 73–79. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2006.339
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