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ArticleChemosphere2020

Inactivation of helminth eggs in an electro-Fenton reactor: Towards full electrochemical disinfection of human waste using activated carbon.

Irma Robles, Emmanuel Becerra, J A Barrios, C Maya, B Jiménez, Francisco J Rodríguez-Valadez, Fernando Rivera, Josué D García-Espinoza, Luis A Godínez

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Article in Chemosphere, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Synergistic effect of electrooxidation and anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge for microbial inactivation.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irma RoblesCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, 76703, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico.
Emmanuel BecerraCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, 76703, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico.
J A BarriosInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.
C MayaInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.
B JiménezInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.
Francisco J Rodríguez-ValadezCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, 76703, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico.
Fernando RiveraCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, 76703, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico.
Josué D García-EspinozaCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, 76703, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico.
Luis A GodínezCentro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro, Sanfandila, 76703, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, Mexico. Electronic address: lgodinez@cideteq.mx.
Center of Research and Technologic Development in Electrochemistry · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The disinfection of helminth eggs and Escherichia coli contaminated aqueous solutions, was studied using an electro-Fenton reactor equipped with a polarized activated carbon (AC) packed bed and two chambers loaded with cation exchange resins. Experiments using different arrangements and operation conditions, revealed that effective elimination of Escherichia coli takes place in all electrochemical disinfection tests. For the more resistant helminth eggs however, adsorption, electro-oxidation and electro-Fenton experiments showed retention within the reactor and pathogen inactivation values of 0, 16, and 25%, respectively. Using helminth eggs concentration data in different sections of the reactor, optical microscopy analysis and an exploratory computer simulation, differences in the disinfection performance were explained and new recirculation and flow direction and polarization switching operation schemes were defined. The corresponding experiments revealed that the effective coupling between adsorption and electro-Fenton phenomena, all along the AC packed bed compartment, results in 100% inactivation of helminth eggs.

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HelminthsAnimalsCharcoalComputer SimulationDisinfectionEscherichia coliHumansHydrogen PeroxideOxidation-ReductionWaste Disposal, FluidWastewaterCharcoalHydrogen PeroxideWastewaterAdvanced oxidation processesElectrochemical disinfectionElectro-FentonHelminth egg inactivationHuman wastewater treatment

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PMID32105860
PMCPMC7221348
OpenAlexW3008620563

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