Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study

In this study, the performance of the electrocoagulation (EC) process was evaluated for its capability to remove color, total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand (COD) using aluminium electrodes. Response surface methodology based on Box-Behnken design was used to optimize different operati...

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Main Authors: Yemane G. Asfaha, Feleke Zewge, Teketel Yohannes, Shimelis Kebede
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author Yemane G. Asfaha
Feleke Zewge
Teketel Yohannes
Shimelis Kebede
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Feleke Zewge
Teketel Yohannes
Shimelis Kebede
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description In this study, the performance of the electrocoagulation (EC) process was evaluated for its capability to remove color, total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand (COD) using aluminium electrodes. Response surface methodology based on Box-Behnken design was used to optimize different operating conditions of the processes. The interaction effects of four independent variables such as dye concentration, applied current density, electrolysis time, and pH on the percentage of COD, TOC, and color removal were investigated by the EC process. ANOVA analysis was made to examine the significance of input parameters and their interaction effect on responses. At the optimum operating conditions, 89% of color, 47% of TOC, and 76% of COD removal rate were achieved using the EC process. Different research works have been reported on the treatment of textile wastewater by the EC process. However, these researches vary regarding working conditions such as dye type, concentration, current density, pH, electrolysis time, and electrode type. Also, most literature focuses mainly on the performance of the technology. However, it is also important to investigate the economic aspect, removal mechanism, and mineralization study. Thus, economic analyses, mineralization, kinetic, sludge characterization studies of the technology were performed. HIGHLIGHTS The EC process was employed for textile wastewater treatment.; Interaction effects of EC operating parameters and its performance was evaluated.; The obtained optimum operating conditions were tested for real textile wastewater.; The technology performed well to remove pollutants from textile wastewater.; The mineralization, kinetic, sludge characterization study, and economic analysis of the technology were performed.;
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spelling doaj.art-9eea045e593f4bc49473a09cd93ca77a2022-12-22T00:15:14ZengIWA PublishingWater Science and Technology0273-12231996-97322022-03-018551549156710.2166/wst.2022.061061Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic studyYemane G. Asfaha0Feleke Zewge1Teketel Yohannes2Shimelis Kebede3 Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia School of Chemical and Bio-Engineering, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia In this study, the performance of the electrocoagulation (EC) process was evaluated for its capability to remove color, total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand (COD) using aluminium electrodes. Response surface methodology based on Box-Behnken design was used to optimize different operating conditions of the processes. The interaction effects of four independent variables such as dye concentration, applied current density, electrolysis time, and pH on the percentage of COD, TOC, and color removal were investigated by the EC process. ANOVA analysis was made to examine the significance of input parameters and their interaction effect on responses. At the optimum operating conditions, 89% of color, 47% of TOC, and 76% of COD removal rate were achieved using the EC process. Different research works have been reported on the treatment of textile wastewater by the EC process. However, these researches vary regarding working conditions such as dye type, concentration, current density, pH, electrolysis time, and electrode type. Also, most literature focuses mainly on the performance of the technology. However, it is also important to investigate the economic aspect, removal mechanism, and mineralization study. Thus, economic analyses, mineralization, kinetic, sludge characterization studies of the technology were performed. HIGHLIGHTS The EC process was employed for textile wastewater treatment.; Interaction effects of EC operating parameters and its performance was evaluated.; The obtained optimum operating conditions were tested for real textile wastewater.; The technology performed well to remove pollutants from textile wastewater.; The mineralization, kinetic, sludge characterization study, and economic analysis of the technology were performed.;http://wst.iwaponline.com/content/85/5/1549electrocoagulationdyekinetic studymineralizationsludge characterizationtextile wastewater
spellingShingle Yemane G. Asfaha
Feleke Zewge
Teketel Yohannes
Shimelis Kebede
Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study
Water Science and Technology
electrocoagulation
dye
kinetic study
mineralization
sludge characterization
textile wastewater
title Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study
title_full Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study
title_fullStr Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study
title_short Investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process: performance, mineralization, and kinetic study
title_sort investigation of cotton textile industry wastewater treatment with electrocoagulation process performance mineralization and kinetic study
topic electrocoagulation
dye
kinetic study
mineralization
sludge characterization
textile wastewater
url http://wst.iwaponline.com/content/85/5/1549
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