Electrooxidation at elevated pressures

1. A process for treating a fluid comprising at least one oxidizable component comprising:

delivering the fluid to an electrooxidation cell for treatment of the at least one oxidizable organic component;

increasing and maintaining pressure within an electrooxidation zone of the electrooxidation cell to provide an elevated pressure of from 10 psi to 50 psi and a pressure drop across the electrooxidation cell of between 5 psi and 10 psi; and

oxidizing the oxidizable component within the electrooxidation cell at the elevated pressure at a current density of from 10,000 amps/m 2 to 40,000 amps/m 2 ; and

wherein the electrooxidation cell comprises at least an anode, a cathode, a bipolar electrode between the anode and the cathode, and a power source for the cell, the bipolar electrode further comprising a diamond material doped with a conductive dopant material.

2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the elevated pressure is from 20 psi to 45 psi.

3. The process of claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing is done at a current density of from 25,000 amps/m 2 to 35,000 amps/m 2 .

4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the dopant material is selected from the group consisting of lithium, beryllium, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur, chlorine, arsenic, selenium, and boron.

5. The process of claim 4 , wherein the dopant material comprises boron.

6. The process of claim 1 , wherein the increasing pressure within the electrooxidation cell is done by at least one of:

providing an orifice plate having a plurality of openings within a flowpath of the fluid dimensioned to increase pressure to a desired degree;

regulating a flow of the fluid with a flow control valve at an inlet and an outlet to the electrooxidation cell; or

increasing a height of a source of the fluid relative to a flowpath leading to and from the electrooxidation cell or to the electrooxidation cell.