ELECTROCHEMICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH CONTROL OF SELECTED COMPOUNDS CONCENTRATION IN THE REACTOR

摘要

An electrochemical wastewater treatment system comprises a reactor tank, an electrochemical reactor and a separation device which filters the effluent stream from the reactor tank and generates a treated wastewater stream and a reject stream which is at least partially fed to the electrochemical reactor or to the reactor tank to thereby increase the concentration of selected soluble and insoluble compounds within the reactor. A portion of the reject stream or a portion of the wastewater in the reactor tank can be discharged as a blowdown stream. Flow control means are provided for adjusting the volume of the reject stream and of the blowdown stream for controlling the compounds concentration. The concentration of soluble and insoluble compounds in the reactor is therefore decoupled from the concentration of the compounds in the reactor effluent stream to achieve an improved reactor performance and a higher quality effluent.