Advantages of electro-Fenton over electrocoagulation for disinfection of dairy wastewater

This study is focused on the disinfection of raw dairy wastewater by means of a sequential treatment including an electrocoagulation (EC) step with an Fe|Fe cell followed by electro-Fenton (EF) or UVA-assisted photoelectro-Fenton (PEF). The two latter methods were run with an air-diffusion cathode for H2O2 generation and either a boron-doped diamond (BDD) or a RuO2-based anode. The inactivation of heterotrophic and lactic acid bacteria,...