Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process

Metal finishing wastewater contains heavy metals, acids, alkalis, detergents and toxic chemicals such as cyanide far above the Standard B limits of the Environmental Quality (Sewage and Industrial Effluent) Regulation 1979. A sequencing batch process utilising two-tank system was selected to trea...

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Main Authors: Rakmi A. Rahman, Abu Bakar Mohamad, Salmijah Surif, Hassan Basri
Format: Article
Published: 1994
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1310/
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author Rakmi A. Rahman,
Abu Bakar Mohamad,
Salmijah Surif,
Hassan Basri,
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Abu Bakar Mohamad,
Salmijah Surif,
Hassan Basri,
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description Metal finishing wastewater contains heavy metals, acids, alkalis, detergents and toxic chemicals such as cyanide far above the Standard B limits of the Environmental Quality (Sewage and Industrial Effluent) Regulation 1979. A sequencing batch process utilising two-tank system was selected to treat such wastewater from a small metal finishing plant in Kuala Lumpur. Treatment with lime and ferrous sulphate complexed and precipitated the cyanide and reduced hexavalent to trivalent chromium which was then precipitated along with other metals as metal hydroxides. The pH of effluent was accordingly adjusted. The pilot plant was designed to run automatically according to a chosen treatment and schedule. The quality of wastewater treated as above was found to meet the Standard B limits
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spelling ukm-13102011-10-11T03:45:29Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1310/ Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process Rakmi A. Rahman, Abu Bakar Mohamad, Salmijah Surif, Hassan Basri, Metal finishing wastewater contains heavy metals, acids, alkalis, detergents and toxic chemicals such as cyanide far above the Standard B limits of the Environmental Quality (Sewage and Industrial Effluent) Regulation 1979. A sequencing batch process utilising two-tank system was selected to treat such wastewater from a small metal finishing plant in Kuala Lumpur. Treatment with lime and ferrous sulphate complexed and precipitated the cyanide and reduced hexavalent to trivalent chromium which was then precipitated along with other metals as metal hydroxides. The pH of effluent was accordingly adjusted. The pilot plant was designed to run automatically according to a chosen treatment and schedule. The quality of wastewater treated as above was found to meet the Standard B limits 1994 Article PeerReviewed Rakmi A. Rahman, and Abu Bakar Mohamad, and Salmijah Surif, and Hassan Basri, (1994) Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 6 . http://www.ukm.my/jkukm/index.php/jkukm
spellingShingle Rakmi A. Rahman,
Abu Bakar Mohamad,
Salmijah Surif,
Hassan Basri,
Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
title Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
title_full Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
title_fullStr Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
title_short Treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
title_sort treatment of metal finishing wastewater in sequencing batch process
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1310/
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