BACKGROUND Although electrocoagulation at time of endobronchial biopsy can potentially reduce procedure-related bleeding during fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB), it can also impair quality of tissue specimen; credible data for either are lacking. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of hot biopsy on the quality of tissue samples and to quantify the amount of procedure-related bleeding during endobro...

Electrocoagulation has a long history as a water treatment technology having been employed to remove a wide range of pollutants. Inspite of its manifold applications the technique has never been accepted as a mainstream water treatment technology due to lack of a systematic approach to electrocoagulation reactor design, operation and the issue related to electrode dissolution over period of tim...

The electrocoagulation (EC) process is an electrochemical means of introducing coagulants and removing suspended solids, colloidal material, and metals, as well as other dissolved solids from water and wastewaters. The EC process has been successfully employed in removing pollutants, pesticides, and radionuclides. This process also removes harmful microorganisms. More often during EC operation,...

Although electrocoagulation is an evolving technology that is being effectively applied today for wastewater treatment, the paucity of scientific understanding of the complex chemical and physical processes involved is limiting future design and hindering progress. The objective of this review through a survey of the literature is to bring the chemistry and physical processes involved into pers...

This paper discusses the ability to remove chromium and COD from a real chrome tanning wastewater by use of Electrocoagulation (EC) coupled with adsorption using Powdered Marble (PM) added batch stirred EC cell pair duralumin electrodes. The effects current density, adsorbent dose contact time were studied. In comparison conventional process, coupling electrocoagulation powdered marble showed t...

• A review of electrocoagulation for a range pollutants. Electrode processes depend upon the electrode material. pollutant removal mechanisms can occur. Emerging challenges are system design and modeling. Electrocoagulation (EC) electrocoagulation-flotation (ECF) widespread interest owing to their effectiveness simultaneous abatement broad pollutants in drinking waste waters, but capability var...

Various techniques such as physical, chemical, biological, advanced oxidation and electrochemical are used for the treatment of industrial effluent. The commonly used conventional biological treatment processes are time consuming, need large operational area and are not effective for effluent containing toxic elements. Advanced oxidation techniques result in high treatment cost and are generall...

The word "electrocoagulation" (EC) will be sometimes used with "electroflotation" (EF) and can be considered as the electrocoagulation/flotation (ECF) process. Through the process of electrolysis, coagulating agents such as metal hydroxides are produced. When aluminium electrodes are used, the aluminium dissolves at the anode and hydrogen gas is released at the cathode. The coagulating agent co...

Abstract River water was treated by continuous electrocoagulation (EC) for acetaminophen (AP), natural organic matter (NOM measured as UV254), and removal of elements. HRT at 40 min with 0.5 mg/L AP exhibited the best efficiency NOM (55.9%) (53.4%) removal. Except aluminium, other elements in river were removed completely. The EC sludge (floating settled) XRD spectrum showed peaks from reduced,...