Electrocoagulation (EC) in recent years is calling the growing attention for the elimination of different contaminants present in the various effluents. Through this work, the feasibility of using the electrocoagulation technique as an alternative to conventional chemical processes in the treatment of wastewater from washing machines to be reused in vegetable irrigation, analyzed regularly was verified. Four factors were analyzed: intensity, time, distance and pH; with three levels for each factor. To optimize the electrocoagulation process on the design factors, the experiments were carried out according to the Taguchi method. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to see the effect of the variables on the removal of turbidity and other physicochemical parameters. The results showed that the parameters with the greatest influence on the removal of turbidity were time and intensi...

Electrocoagulation (EC) in recent years is calling the growing attention for the elimination of different contaminants present in the various effluents. Through this work, the feasibility of using the electrocoagulation technique as an alternative to conventional chemical processes in the treatment of wastewater from washing machines to be reused in vegetable irrigation, analyzed regularly was verified. Four factors were analyzed: intensity, time, distance and pH; with three levels for each factor. To optimize the electrocoagulation process on the design factors, the experiments were carried out according to the Taguchi method. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to see the effect of the variables on the removal of turbidity and other physicochemical parameters. The results showed that the parameters with the greatest influence on the removal of turbidity were time and intensi...

La electrocoagulación (EC) está llamando la creciente atención para la eliminación de diferentes contaminantes presentes en los diversos efluentes, en estos últimos años. Por medio de este trabajo, se comprobó la viabilidad de usar la técnica de electrocoagulación como una opción ante los procesos químicos convencionales en el tratamiento del agua residual originario de lavadoras para ser reutilizado en riego de vegetales. Cuatro factores se analizaron: la intensidad, tiempo, distancia y pH; con tres niveles para cada factor. Para mejorar el proceso de electrocoagulación sobre los factores de diseño, se diseñaron los experimentos de acuerdo al método de Taguchi. Se realizó el análisis de varianza (ANOVA) para ver el efecto de los variables sobre la remoción de la turbiedad y otros parámetros fisicoquímicos. Los resultados de los parámetros de mayor influencia en la r...