Hector Moreno

Electrocoagulation treatment of municipal wastewater in Torreon Mexico

Abstract One of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century is to provide water, primarily potable, to the majority of the world population. This is a critical issue, especially in developing countries. One way to augment that effort is to reuse water. Currently, some emerging wastewater treatment technologies based on electrochemistry (e.g. electrocoagulation (EC), electroflotation, electrodecantation, and electrooxidation) are available that are competitive and advantageous over conventional technologies. Although EC has been known for more than a century, it has not been comprehensively studied. EC has been commercialized for the removal of specific contaminants and wastewater treatment. This work demonstrates EC as an alternative method for the treatment of municipal wastewater in Torreon; Coah, Mexico. COD value for wastewater in Torreon is considered as medium level (245 ppm). Experiments were conducted to determine the optimum operational conditions. Results show a remarkable removal efficie...

Thermodynamic studies of the strontium adsorption on iron species generated by electrocoagulation

Abstract In this research we present and discuss the results of the use of the Electrocoagulation (EC) process for strontium removal from wastewater. The phenomena associated with strontium removal is adsorption on iron magnetic species generated from the dissolution of iron electrodes of the electrolytic cell. With the EC process more than 99 percent of strontium was removed from wastewater without addition of chemical reagents. Sludge generated by EC was characterized by Chemical Analyses, X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) in order to document the adsorption of strontium on iron-species. The electrogenerated crystalline iron oxides magnetite (Fe3O4) and maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) powders have higher values for saturation magnetization, but lower values for remanent magnetization and coercive fi eld than commercial strontium hexaferrite with micrometric particle size. The experimental data were correlated employing a Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Thermodynam...

Synthesis and characterisation of strontium hexaferrite using an electrocoagulation by-product

Strontium ferrite (SrFe12O19) was synthesised in a solid phase reaction by applying the conventional ceramic method. The precursor powder, containing magnetic iron species generated by the electrocoagulation technique, was allowed to react with strontium carbonate in the solid phase. The molar ratio of the precursor to strontium carbonate was maintained at 12:1 (Fe:Sr), yielding strontium ferrite (SrFe12O19). The electrocoagulation sludge generated was characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and vibrating sample magnetometry. The strontium ferrite obtained was characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis and vibrating sample magnetometry. The combined results of these analyses showed that the strontium ferrite obtained was of excellent quality with excellent magnetic properties.