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Table 2 Total estimated operating cost of the EC process

From: Evaluation of the impacts of seawater integration to electrocoagulation for the removal of pollutants from textile wastewater

Item

Cost ($)

DC power supply equipment

90.00

EC reactor

5.00

Electricity (kW.h)*

0.23

Electrode (Anode per piece)

1.10

Electrode (Cathode per piece)

1.00

Total

97.33

  1. Unit electricity cost is about 7 Tk/kW.h (estimated), and daily demand charge is about 12.5 Tk (estimated), so total cost is about 23 Tk = 0.23 USD ($)
  2. *Equipment capacity is 1 kW (assumed), runs for 90 min (1.5 h), so 1.5 kW.h electricity is used.
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