Raghu, S. and Basha, C.A. (2007) Chemical or electrochemical techniques, followed by ion exchange, for recycle of textile dye wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 149. pp. 324-330. ISSN 0304-3894

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Abstract

This paper examines the use of chemical or electrocoagulation treatment process followed by ion-exchange process of the textile dye effluent. The dye effluent was treated using polymeric coagulant (cationic dye-fixing agent) or electrocoagulation (iron and aluminum electrode) process under various conditions such as various current densities and effect of pH. Efficiencies of COD reduction, colour removal and power consumption were studied for each process. The chemical or electrochemical treatment are indented primarily to remove colour and COD of wastewater while ion exchange is used to further improve the removal efficiency of the colour, COD, Fe concentration, conductivity, alkalinity and total dissolved solids (TDS). From the results chemical coagulation, maximum COD reduction of about 81.3% was obtained at 300 mg/l of coagulant whereas in electrocoagulation process, maximum COD removal of about 92.31% (0.25 A/dm2) was achieved with energy consumption of about 19.29 kWh/kg of COD and 80% (1 A/dm2) COD removal was obtained with energy consumption of about 130.095 kWh/kg of COD at iron and aluminum electrodes, respectively. All the experimental results, throughout the present study, have indicated that chemical or electrocoagulation treatment followed by ion-exchange methods were very effective and were capable of elevating quality of the treated wastewater effluent to the reuse standard of the textile industry.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Textile dye effluent; Chemical treatment; Electrocoagulation; Ion-exchange process
Subjects:	Pollution Control
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	ttbdar CECRI
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2012 12:34
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2012 12:34
URI:	http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/750

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