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Electrocoagulation-flotation (ECF) is one of the newest treatment methods, which has been used successfully to remove different kinds of pollutants (Behbahani et al. 2013). ECF is a process which consists of three main parts: (1) Creating metallic hydroxide flocs within the solution by electro-dissolution of soluble anodes, (2) Formation of coagulants in aqueous phase, and (3) Adsorption of pollutants on coagulants and then removal by sedimentation/flotation (Arroyo et al. 2009; Zaroual et al. 2009).
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- Response Surface Methodology
- Central Composite Design
- Response Surface Methodology
- Nitrate Removal
- Initial Nitrate Concentration
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The authors are grateful to the Amirkabir University of Technology for the financial support. In addition, the authors wish to thank Ms. Lida Ezzedinloo for her assistance during experiments and Mr. Shahab Karimifard for English language revision of the mansucript.
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Nazlabadi, E., Moghaddam, M.R.A. (2017). Simulation of Nitrate Removal in a Batch Flow Electrocoagulation-Flotation (ECF) Process by Response Surface Method (RSM). In: Kurisu, F., Ramanathan, A., Kazmi, A., Kumar, M. (eds) Trends in Asian Water Environmental Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39259-2_4
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