Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process

Treatment of wastewater from sewage water by electrocoagulation (EC) was investigated. Experiments were conducted to determine the optimum operating conditions such as electrode type, pH, current density and operation time. Aluminium and mild steel electrodes were used, and aluminium electrodes were...

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Main Authors: Mohd, Nasrullah, Zularisam, A. W., Fadzil, Mat Yahaya
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description Treatment of wastewater from sewage water by electrocoagulation (EC) was investigated. Experiments were conducted to determine the optimum operating conditions such as electrode type, pH, current density and operation time. Aluminium and mild steel electrodes were used, and aluminium electrodes were found to be more suitable since it had a higher removal rate of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Suspended Solids (SS) than the mild steel electrode. The removal efficiencies of COD and BOD and SS were high, being 92.5%, 91.5% and 90.5%, respectively, with retention time 60 minutes. pH range between 3 to 11 was investigated during EC process and the optimum condition for pH was 7. Low current densities of 4.17 mA/cm2 , 8.33 mA/cm2 , 12.5 mA/cm2, 20.83 mA/cm2 and 25 mA/cm2 have been used in this experiment and the optimum current density of 25 mA/cm2 was obtained.
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spelling ump-145092018-01-16T04:02:26Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14509/ Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process Mohd, Nasrullah Zularisam, A. W. Fadzil, Mat Yahaya TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Treatment of wastewater from sewage water by electrocoagulation (EC) was investigated. Experiments were conducted to determine the optimum operating conditions such as electrode type, pH, current density and operation time. Aluminium and mild steel electrodes were used, and aluminium electrodes were found to be more suitable since it had a higher removal rate of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Suspended Solids (SS) than the mild steel electrode. The removal efficiencies of COD and BOD and SS were high, being 92.5%, 91.5% and 90.5%, respectively, with retention time 60 minutes. pH range between 3 to 11 was investigated during EC process and the optimum condition for pH was 7. Low current densities of 4.17 mA/cm2 , 8.33 mA/cm2 , 12.5 mA/cm2, 20.83 mA/cm2 and 25 mA/cm2 have been used in this experiment and the optimum current density of 25 mA/cm2 was obtained. Penerbit UMP 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14509/1/Sewage%20Water%20Treatment%20by%20Electrocoagulation%20Process.pdf Mohd, Nasrullah and Zularisam, A. W. and Fadzil, Mat Yahaya (2012) Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environmental, 3. pp. 41-45. ISSN 2180-2742. (Published) http://ijceg.ump.edu.my/images/ARTICLES/Vol.3/V3-7-51-55.pdf
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Mohd, Nasrullah
Zularisam, A. W.
Fadzil, Mat Yahaya
Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process
title Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process
title_full Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process
title_fullStr Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process
title_full_unstemmed Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process
title_short Sewage Water Treatment by Electrocoagulation Process
title_sort sewage water treatment by electrocoagulation process
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14509/1/Sewage%20Water%20Treatment%20by%20Electrocoagulation%20Process.pdf