TREATMENT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY WASTE WATER BY ELECTROCOAGULATION (EC) TECHNIQUE

Authors

  • Chethan marol Department of civil engineering, Secab engineering collage Vijayapur, Karnataka
  • Puneet K Department of civil engineering, Secab engineering collage Vijayapur, Karnataka
  • Prashant Y Department of civil engineering, Secab engineering collage Vijayapur, Karnataka
  • Ravikumar P Department of civil engineering, Secab engineering collage Vijayapur, Karnataka
  • K V Sangeetha Assistant professor and Department of civil engineering, Secab engineering collage, Vijayapur, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

Electrocoagulation, Dairy wastewater, Alluminium electrode, BOD, COD

Abstract

The dairy industry generates strong wastewater characterized by high BOD, COD, nutrients and inorganic
content. Furthermore, the dairy industry is one of the largest sources of industrial effluents. Hence, the cost effective
treatment of dairy effluents for environmental protection is a challenging task. The removal of pollutants from dairy is
experimentally investigated using direct current electrocoagulation (EC). In this study, the effect of pH, electrolysis time
(ET), applied voltages were examined. The COD and turbidity in the aqueous phase was effectively removed when aluminum
electrodes were used. The optimum value of voltage, pH and ET were found to be 25V, 7.0 and 60 minutes respectively. To
study the effect of inter electrode spacing and effect of different initial pH for the removal of COD, TSS, TDS, oil and grease
at constant voltage for the iron electrode, it involves the generation of coagulants in situ by dissolving the ions from the
electrode by Electro coagulation (EC) is one of the commonly used processes for the treatment of wastewater.

Downloads

Published

2017-02-25

How to Cite

Chethan marol, Puneet K, Prashant Y, Ravikumar P, & K V Sangeetha. (2017). TREATMENT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY WASTE WATER BY ELECTROCOAGULATION (EC) TECHNIQUE. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 4(2), 521–523. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.org/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/5516

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017): Volume 4 Issue 2 February 2017

Section

Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)