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Jai Prakash Kushwaha1, Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Indra Deo Mall
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
Abstract:
Present study reports treatment of simulated dairy wastewater (SDW) by inorganic coagulants such as poly aluminum chloride (PAC), ferrous sulphate (FeSO(4)) and potash alum (KAl(SO(4))(2)·12H(2)O). Batch coagulation experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of initial pH (pH(i): 5-10) and coagulant dosage (m: 100-5000 mg/L) on chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal from SDW. Residual COD and system pH were observed as function of time. Optimum pH(i) (pH(i,op)) was found to be 8.0 for all the three coagulants. Optimum m (m(op)) was found to be 300, 800 and 500 mg/L for PAC, FeSO(4) and KAl(SO(4))(2)·12H(2)O, respectively, giving 69.2, 66.5 and 63.8% COD removal efficiency in 30 min. Heating values of the sludge generated by the coagulants PAC, FeSO(4) and KAl(SO(4))(2)·12H(2)O were found to be 20.7, 29.6 and 17.3 MJ/kg, respectively.
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