Title: Photocatalytic Treatment of Textile Industry Effluent Using Titanium Oxide
Abstract: The textile industry consumes large quantity of water and produces large volume of wastewater from printing and dyeing units which is rich in color, containing residues of reactive dyes and chemicals, and requires proper treatment before being released into the environment. Released colored organic compounds in effluent contaminate the water and are source of non- aesthetic pollution and eutrophication. In the present paper a laboratory experiment have been performed to investigate photocatalytic decolouration by using TiO2 photocatalyst for treating textile effluent. Various operational parameters such as catalyst concentration, pH and optimum time were investigated in order to study their effect on photoreduction process using TiO2. Results indicate that the photocatalytic decolouration process can efficiently treat textile effluent and reduce the levels of BOD , COD, turbidity, TDS and alkalinity. Experimental runs can be used to identify the operational parameters to perform wastewater degradation on large scale for recycling purpose.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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