DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY BASED ON ELECTROCOAGULATION, ELECTROFLOTATION, AND ELECTROOXIDATION

This article develops an integrated electrochemical technology for industrial wastewater treatment based on electrocoagulation, electroflotation, and electrooxidation. The concept is built on mechanistic complementarity: electrocoagulation generates metal hydroxide coagulants in situ to destabilize colloids, emulsions, and dissolved metals; electroflotation intensifies solid liquid separation through fine gas bubbles that rapidly lift and remove formed flocs; electrooxidation then targets the residual dissolved and refractory organic fraction to improve final effluent quality for discharge or reuse