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Optimizing chromium removal from synthetic wastewater via electrocoagulation process with a natural coagulant
Firomsa Bidiraa1, Endrias Adane Bekele2, Werkne Sorsa Muleta3
1Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, P.O. Box-378, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Abstract:
The presence of chromium (Cr) in synthetic wastewater has become a serious environmental issue. Therefore, main aim of this work was to investigate Cr removal from synthetic wastewater via electrocoagulation (EC) with a natural coagulant using aluminum electrodes. The central composite design (CCD) of the response surface methodology (RSM) method was used to optimized the operating variables of solution pH (5-9), initial Cr concentration (225-475 mgL-1), reaction time (30-40 min), and applied current (0.35-0.55 A). The ANOVA results clearly shows that the quadratic model (p < 0.0001) was sufficient to the best predicting of the removal performance of Cr (R2 = 0.9994 for electrode distance of 0.5 cm and 0.9924 for 1 cm). The maximum removal (99.836 % for electrode distance of 0.5 cm, and 98.175 % for 1 cm) of Cr was achieved with optimized conditions of solution pH 7.053, initial Cr concentration 337.795 mgL-1, reaction time 37.148 min, and applied current of 0.505 A. From this finding, it was proved that the EC process assisted with natural coagulant is an efficient, and cost-effective method for the removal of Cr from synthetic wastewater.
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