NOVEL CELLS AND ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCOAGULATION TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER

摘要

An apparatus for treating wastewater comprising an electrocoagulation cell (100) including holding and isolating members (7), a top cell cover (17), a plurality of electrode plates (E1, E8) inserted a sleeve (18) made of non-conductive material, thereby the electrode plate sets (11, 12) offer minimum resistance to the incoming liquid. Such a cell (100) including a member to break the laminar liquid flow and to maintain a turbulent state all along said cell (100). A set of plates (11, 12) connected in parallel or in series, wherein said plates (11, 12) have connections arranged such that it allows the electrical current be indistinctively interrupted and reversed. Such a plate set (11, 12) connected in parallel or in series, wherein a combination of non-similar metals may be made in order to have electrical connections that allow disinfection of the treated liquid.