The reactor used in this research was purchased from Ecolotron,
Inc., of Seabrook, TX. Its design is property of Gavrel et al. (2006)
under US Patent No.: 7087176 B2. It is described as “… an apparatus
for the high-pressure electrocoagulative treatment of
aqueous and viscous fluids and sludge…” that includes a plate and
frame design and can be tightly closed mechanically. The plates are
individually separated by recessed, gasketed, non-electrical
conductive spacer plates, which completely enclose and isolate all
fluids, electrical contacts and electrodes within the reactor structure.
The reactor also exhibits an influent and effluent chamber at
both ends to provide the means of fluid transfer between fluid
conduits or tubing and the reactor chambers. The metal plate and
spacer dimensions are shown in