caa a22 4500 606169172 CHVBK 20210128100710.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0897-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0897-2 Application of electrocoagulation for treatment of medical waste sterilization plant wastewater and optimization of the experimental conditions [Elektronische Daten] [Ömür Gökkuş, Yalçın Yıldız] In this study, phosphate and chemical oxygen demand removals of medical waste sterilization plant wastewater were investigated and the Taguchi experimental method was used to determine optimum treatment conditions. In the scope of the study, four important factors influencing the phosphate and chemical oxygen demand removal namely initial pH, current density, initial wastewater concentration, and contact time were optimized. Results show that about 52% of chemical oxygen demand removal has been obtained at optimum conditions. Also, phosphorus has been completely removed at optimum levels. In addition, analysis of variance shows that the biggest contribution ratio belongs to initial wastewater concentration on the electrocoagulation process efficiency. The contribution percentages of each factor in descending order are as follows: initial wastewater concentration (42.51%)>pH (32.02%)>current density (14.56%)>contact time (6.64%). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Electrocoagulation nationallicence Medical waste sterilization nationallicence Taguchi nationallicence Optimization nationallicence COD nationallicence Phosphate removal nationallicence Gökkuş Ömür Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey aut Yıldız Yalçın Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/6(2015-08-01), 1717-1725 1618-954X 17:6<1717 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0897-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0897-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gökkuş Ömür Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yıldız Yalçın Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/6(2015-08-01), 1717-1725 1618-954X 17:6<1717 2015 17 10098