Particulate COD balance of particulate cod in eletrocuagulation/flotation reactor treating tannery effluent

Particulate COD balance of particulate cod in eletrocuagulation/flotation reactor treating tannery effluent

Authors

  • Rodrigo Babora Borri Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Renata Medici Frayne Cuba Universidade do Oeste Paulista
  • Francisco Javier Cuba Teran Universidade Federal de Goiás

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2012v33n1p41

Keywords:

Electrocoagulation, Flotation, Particulate COD removal

Abstract

Mass balance or particulate organic matter was studied in terms of COD, by means of electrocoagulation/flotation (ECF) reactor treating tannery effluent. Reactor was operated in fill and draw (batch) mode. Operating in hydraulic residence time of 65 minutes, ECF reactor reached 55 % COD removal. Although volatile solids were also removed from liquid phase (removal of 40%), fixed solids concentration, and hence total solids concentration, showed to be higher in withdrawn effluent than in ECF’s influent. This was assigned to NaCl added in order to enhance conductivity in wastewater.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Babora Borri, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Aluno do curso de Engenharia Ambiental

Renata Medici Frayne Cuba, Universidade do Oeste Paulista

Química e doutora em Hidráulica e saneamento pela EESC/USP

Published

2012-04-25

How to Cite

Borri, R. B., Cuba, R. M. F., & Teran, F. J. C. (2012). Particulate COD balance of particulate cod in eletrocuagulation/flotation reactor treating tannery effluent. Semina: Ciências Exatas E Tecnológicas, 33(1), 41–48. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2012v33n1p41

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