Title
Efficiency of electrocoagulation method to reduce COD, BOD and TSS in tannery industry wastewater: Application of the box–behnken design
Other title
Eficiența metodei de electrocoagulare pentru reducerea CCO, CBO și TSS din apele uzate ale industriei de pielărie: Aplicarea experimentului box-behnken
Efficacité de la méthode d’électrocoagulation pour réduire la DCO, la DBO et les TSS dans les eaux usées de l’industrie du cuir: Application de la conception box-behnken
Date Issued
01 September 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institutional National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Pentru Texttile Pielarie
Abstract
This study intends to assess the removal efficiency of the chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and total suspended solids (TSS) from raw tannery wastewater using electrocoagulation by aluminum electrodes as well as to determine the effects of its main operating factors. Therefore, the response surface methodology was applied through an experimental Box–Behnken design by considering the current intensity (I), treatment time (T), and pH levels as the factors. In addition, the BOD, COD, and TSS removal percentages were considered to be the response variables. The results indicate that the treatment time, current intensity, and pH level were significant for COD and TSS, whereas only the treatment time was significant at a confidence level of p-value < 0.05 for BOD. For COD, the optimal operating conditions were I = 3 A, T = 24 min, and pH = 8.4; for BOD, the optimal operating conditions were I = 3 A, T = 24 min, and pH = 5.5; and for TSS, the optimal operating conditions were I = 2.7 A, T = 19 min, and pH = 7.4. Under these conditions, removal efficiencies of 56.8%, 69.2%, 99.9% were observed for COD, BOD, and TSS, respectively. The results suggest that electrocoagulation is an effective method for removing the parameters under study; therefore, it is a viable alternative for reducing the pollution issues caused by the tannery industry.
Start page
217
End page
228
Volume
20
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85095726716
Source
Leather and Footwear Journal
ISSN of the container
15834433
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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