Advanced Applications of Electrocoagulation and Water Quality Monitoring Techniques

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".

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Dear Colleagues,

“Advanced applications of electrocoagulation and water quality monitoring techniques” (AAEWQMT) is a Special Issue of Water devoted to the interdisciplinary subject of electrocoagulation and water quality monitoring in all its aspects in water and wastewater, both theoretical and applied. AAEWQMT focuses on the publication of both original work and reviews in the field of electrocoagulation and water quality techniques used in the treatment of water and wastewater. AAEWQMT provides fast dissemination of original articles, reviews, short communications and full communications covering the whole field of electrocoagulation applications in water and wastewater and water quality monitoring techniques in both fields. Short communications are limited to a maximum of 21,000 characters (including spaces) while full communications are limited to 26,000 characters (including spaces). We aim to be the fastest Special Issue in the journal.

AAEWQMT welcomes the research fields covered by the following divisions:

  • Fundamental electrocoagulation
  • Mechanisms of electrode reaction
  • Computational and theoretical electrocoagulation
  • Morphology of electrodes
  • Green energy and electrocoagulation
  • Interference between pollutants
  • Combining electrocoagulation with other technologies
  • Application of sensors in electrocoagulation
  • Water quality monitoring in water and wastewater
  • New techniques used in advanced quality monitoring
  • Novel sensor solutions for water quality monitoring

The editors would like to draw particular attention to the quality and the scientific content. Papers must be presented in a way that is accessible to the readers. The presentation and discussion must be at a level that meets the global status of the journal. 

The AAEWQMT will not publish papers that have been partially or completely published in other journals, or papers that plagiarise other works. All submitted papers are screened for similarity with the published works, and high similarity will result in rejection without review.

Prof. Dr. Rafid Alkhaddar
Prof. Dr. Patryk Kot
Dr. Khalid Hashim
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Keywords

  • electrocoagulation
  • water quality
  • monitoring
  • water
  • wastewater
  • sensors

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Applications of Computational and Statistical Models for Optimizing the Electrochemical Removal of Cephalexin Antibiotic from Water
by Maliheh Arab, Mahdieh Ghiyasi Faramarz and Khalid Hashim
Water 2022, 14(3), 344; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030344 - 24 Jan 2022
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One of the most serious effects of micropollutants in the environment is biological magnification, which causes adverse effects on humans and the ecosystem. Among all of the micro-pollutants, antibiotics are commonly present in the aquatic environment due to their wide use in treating [...] Read more.
One of the most serious effects of micropollutants in the environment is biological magnification, which causes adverse effects on humans and the ecosystem. Among all of the micro-pollutants, antibiotics are commonly present in the aquatic environment due to their wide use in treating or preventing various diseases and infections for humans, plants, and animals. Therefore, an aluminum-based electrocoagulation unit has been used in this study to remove cephalexin antibiotics, as a model of the antibiotics, from water. Computational and statistical models were used to optimize the effects of key parameters on the electrochemical removal of cephalexin, including the initial cephalexin concentration (15–55 mg/L), initial pH (3–11), electrolysis time (20–40 min), and electrode type (insulated and non-insulated). The response surface methodology-central composite design (RSM-CCD) was used to investigate the dependency of the studied variables, while the artificial neural network (ANN) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) methods were applied for predicting the experimental training data. The results showed that the best experimental and predicted removals of cephalexin (CEX) were 88.21% and 93.87%, respectively, which were obtained at a pH of 6.14 and electrolysis time of 34.26 min. The results also showed that the ANFIS model predicts and interprets the experimental results better than the ANN and RSM-CCD models. Sensitivity analysis using the Garson method showed the comparative significance of the variables as follows: pH (30%) > electrode type (27%) > initial CEX concentration (24%) > electrolysis time (19%). Full article
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