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- Title
Decolorization and removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) of rice grain–based biodigester distillery effluent (BDE) using inorganic coagulants.
- Authors
Prajapati, Abhinesh Kumar; Choudhary, Rumi; Verma, Kumar; Chaudhari, Parmesh Kumar; Dubey, Amit
- Abstract
The removal of COD and color from biodigester effluent (BDE) of rice grain–based distillery was studied using inorganic coagulants such as CuSO4·5H2O, Alum, FeCl3, AlCl3, and FeSO4·7H2O. The CuSO4·5H2O was found to be the best among all coagulants provided maximum 91% COD reduction and 85% color reduction with 60 mM Cu2++ at a optimum initial pH (pHi) 6. The pH of the effluent/coagulant mixture showed significant role in the removal of harmful substances from the BDE. Settling and filterability characteristics of the treated BDE slurry were found to be dependent on coagulant type and treatment conditions. High COD and color reductions of the BDE in the coagulation process show a better alternative to the conventional bio-aerobic treatment process applied for the treatment of wastewater.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL oxygen demand; COAGULANTS; COLOR removal (Sewage purification); DISTILLERIES; WASTEWATER treatment
- Publication
Desalination & Water Treatment, 2015, Vol 53, Issue 8, p2204
- ISSN
1944-3994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/19443994.2013.862741