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ClearApplication of Electrochemical Oxidation for Water and Wastewater Treatment: An Overview
This review covers electrochemical oxidation, an advanced water treatment method that uses electricity to break down stubborn pollutants in wastewater. The technique can remove pharmaceuticals, dyes, and other persistent chemicals that standard treatment misses. While not specifically about microplastics, this type of advanced treatment technology is relevant to addressing the growing problem of emerging contaminants in drinking water.
The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment
This review examines electrochemical methods for water treatment, covering electrocoagulation, electrooxidation, and electrodeposition processes and their applications for removing heavy metals, organic pollutants, and emerging contaminants including microplastics from water.
Microplastic pollution remediation: a comprehensive review on electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) for degradation in wastewater
This review critically analyzed electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) for microplastic degradation in wastewater, examining reactive oxygen species mechanisms and identifying the most promising process configurations and future strategies for scaling up electrochemical microplastic treatment.
Advanced electrocatalytic redox processes for environmental remediation of halogenated organic water pollutants
Researchers reviewed advanced electrochemical methods for breaking down halogenated organic pollutants in water, which are persistent contaminants found in many industrial and consumer products. The study examined how electrocatalytic processes can target the strong carbon-halogen bonds that make these chemicals so resistant to natural degradation. The findings suggest that these emerging treatment technologies hold promise for cleaning up contaminated water sources more effectively than conventional methods.
Chemical methods to remove microplastics from wastewater: A review
This review examines three chemical approaches for removing microplastics from wastewater: coagulation (clumping particles together), electrocoagulation (using electrical current), and advanced oxidation (breaking plastics down chemically). Each method has strengths and weaknesses in terms of cost, effectiveness, and potential byproducts. The research is important because wastewater treatment plants are a major pathway through which microplastics reach rivers, lakes, and ultimately human drinking water sources.
Electrochemical remediation of microplastics: Progress and prospects in water treatment
This review examines electrochemical methods for removing microplastics from water, including electrocoagulation, electro-oxidation, and the electro-Fenton process. Evidence indicates that electro-oxidation can achieve removal rates as high as 99 percent under optimized conditions. The study highlights these techniques as promising alternatives for water treatment but calls for further research to scale them up for real-world applications.
Emerging electrochemical techniques for identifying and removing micro/nanoplastics in urban waters
This review examines emerging electrochemical techniques for detecting and removing micro- and nanoplastics from urban waters, highlighting their advantages over conventional methods for enabling real-time monitoring and efficient degradation.
Electrochemical Oxidation of Selected Micropollutants from Environment Matrices Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: Process Efficiency and Transformation Product Detection
This study applied electrochemical oxidation to degrade selected micropollutants from real environmental water matrices, evaluating electrode materials and operating conditions. The approach achieved high removal efficiency for persistent contaminants that resist conventional wastewater treatment.
Critical assessment of advanced oxidation processes and bio-electrochemical integrated systems for removing emerging contaminants from wastewater
This review assesses advanced oxidation processes and bioelectrochemical systems for removing emerging contaminants such as personal care products, antibiotics, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals from wastewater. The study evaluates integrated treatment approaches for addressing these difficult-to-remove pollutants.
Developments in advanced oxidation processes for removal of microplastics from aqueous matrices
This review evaluates advanced oxidation processes for removing microplastics from water, finding that photocatalysis, Fenton reactions, and electrochemical methods can effectively degrade microplastics into smaller molecules, offering promising alternatives to conventional non-destructive treatment approaches.
Electrochemical Technologies for the Abatement of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
This review examines electrochemical technologies including electrochemical oxidation, electro-Fenton, and electrocoagulation as methods for removing endocrine disrupting compounds from wastewater that conventional treatment fails to adequately address. Researchers found that these techniques offer rapid and efficient degradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants with minimal chemical inputs, though high electrode costs and energy demands remain barriers to large-scale application.
Comparative Analysis of Electrochemical Oxidation and Biodegradation for Microplastic Removal in Wastewater
Researchers compared electrochemical oxidation and biodegradation for removing polystyrene microplastics from wastewater, finding that electrochemical oxidation achieved superior removal efficiency and could serve as a more effective treatment pathway at wastewater treatment plants.
Removal of Microplastics from Wastewater by Methods of Electrocoagulation and Adsorption
This review examines electrocoagulation and adsorption methods for removing microplastics from wastewater, comparing them against conventional physical, chemical, and biological approaches in terms of removal efficiency, cost, and practical scalability.
Advances in chemical removal and degradation technologies for microplastics in the aquatic environment: A review
This review summarizes recent advances in chemical methods for breaking down microplastics in water, comparing the effectiveness of various techniques including advanced oxidation processes. Developing better ways to destroy microplastics in water is important for public health because current wastewater treatment plants cannot fully remove these persistent particles before water reaches consumers.
Emerging organic pollutants in aqueousenvironments: Detection, monitoring, andremoval techniques
This review covers detection, monitoring, and removal techniques for emerging organic pollutants in aquatic environments, including microplastics, surveying analytical advances and treatment technologies developed over recent decades.
Emerging electrochemical tools for microplastics remediation and sensing
This review examines emerging electrochemical approaches for both detecting and remediating microplastics in the environment, highlighting their advantages over traditional methods and identifying key challenges and opportunities for developing practical electrochemical tools to address microplastic pollution.
Removal and toxic forecast of microplastics treated by electrocoagulation: Influence of dissolved organic matter
Electrocoagulation was evaluated for removing microplastics from water, with researchers investigating how co-pollutants and water chemistry affect removal efficiency and identifying the degradation products and toxicity of residual MPs post-treatment. The method showed high removal rates under optimized conditions but generated some toxic byproducts that require further management.
Electrochemical treatment of wastewater to remove contaminants from the production and disposal of plastics: a review
Researchers reviewed electrochemical treatment methods for removing plastic-related contaminants from wastewater, including bisphenol A, phthalic acid esters, and benzotriazoles. The review confirmed that electrochemical treatments are a viable option for removing these persistent plastic contaminants, and assessed their effectiveness in terms of removal rates, transformation products, toxicity, and energy requirements.
Electrocoagulation as a Possible Treatment for Wastewater Contaminated with Microplastics - A Review
This review examined electrocoagulation and hybrid membrane technologies as innovative approaches for removing microplastics from wastewater, noting that MPs are omnipresent pollutants capable of biomagnification. The review covered the effectiveness of electrochemical processes, advanced oxidation, and membrane filtration systems including their combination for enhanced microplastic removal.
Aerobic Biological Treatment of Microconstituents
This chapter reviews aerobic biological treatment systems and their effectiveness at removing trace organic micropollutants (including pharmaceuticals and personal care products) from wastewater. Biological treatment processes are also relevant to removing microplastics and their associated chemical contaminants from municipal wastewater.
Innovations in chemical degradation technologies for the removal of micro/nano-plastics in water: A comprehensive review
This review summarizes advances in chemical degradation technologies for removing micro- and nanoplastics from water, including photocatalysis, Fenton-based reactions, electrochemical oxidation, and micro/nanomotor approaches. Researchers analyzed the key factors that influence degradation effectiveness, such as particle properties and operating conditions. The study identifies current challenges and outlines future directions for developing practical chemical methods to address plastic pollution in water systems.
Controlling organic micropollutants in urban (waste) water treatment by activated carbon adsorption and membrane technology
This paper reviews multibarrier approaches to controlling organic micropollutants — including pharmaceutical residues and emerging contaminants — in urban wastewater treatment, aligned with evolving EU and Portuguese regulatory standards. Advanced water treatment strategies that target persistent organic pollutants are also applicable to removing microplastic-associated chemicals that pass through conventional treatment.
Application of Electrochemical Oxidation for Water and Wastewater Treatment: An Overview
This review covered electrochemical oxidation technologies for water and wastewater treatment, discussing their effectiveness against emerging pollutants, dyes, and chemicals while highlighting operational parameters that influence treatment efficiency.
An Overview of the Advantages of Combining Photo- and Electrooxidation Processes in Actual Wastewater Treatment
This review examined the advantages of combining photo-oxidation and electrooxidation processes for treating real wastewater, finding that combined approaches offer superior contaminant removal compared to individual methods. The presence of inorganic salts in wastewater was identified as a key factor enabling synergistic electrochemical reactions in these combined systems.