Electrochemical Incineration of Wastes

1 May 1990

journal article
Published by The Electrochemical Society in Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Vol. 137 (5) , 1341-1345
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2086670

Abstract

Waste biomass oxidation was carried out on platinum and lead dioxide anodes using a electrolyte. Total organic carbon in the electrolyte was reduced by 95%. The use of ultrasound and the addition of the Ce³⁺/Ce⁴⁺ redox couple to the electrolyte enhanced the rates of waste oxidation. Urine‐waste biomass mixtures were electrolyzed indirectly through the anodic generation of OCl⁻; constituted only 0.1% of the evolved gases. These oxidation treatments offer a means of human waste disposal without producing undesirable chemicals such as , , , , and in the effluent gas.

Keywords

WASTE TREATMENT
CLOSED ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
EFFLUENTS
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
ELECTROLYSIS
CARBON MONOXIDE
AIR POLLUTION

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