Treatment of tannery wastewater by electrocoagulation.
Treatment of tannery wastewater by electrocoagulation with low cell current (< or = 1A) and soluble electrodes (mild steel electrodes and aluminum electrodes) was studied. Compared with aluminum electrodes, mild steel electrodes were more effective for the removal of sulfide, with a removal efficiency of over 90%. But during the treatment process, black color precipitate typical to iron(II) sulfides was produced. While aluminum electrodes were effective to eliminate the colority of the effluent, the removal efficiency of sulfide was lower than 12%. The mechanisms of the removal of chemical oxygen demand, ammonia, total organic carbon, sulfide and colority with the two soluble electrodes (mild steel and aluminum electrodes) were discussed in detail. In order to exert the predominance of diffenent types of electrodes, the tannery wastewater was treated using mild steel electrodes first followed by the filter and finally by the aluminum electrodes, the elimination rates of chemical oxygen demand, ammonia, total organic carbon, sulfide and colority were 68.0%, 43.1%, 55.1%, 96.7% and 84.3%, respectively, with the initial concentrations 2413.1 mg/L, 223.4 mg/L, 1000.4 mg/L, 112.3 mg/L and 256 dilution times, respectively. The absorbance spectra and energy consumption during electrocoagulation process were also discussed.
Feng
Jing-wei
JW
State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. fengjingwei200@163.com
Sun
Ya-bing
YB
Zheng
Zheng
Z
Zhang
Ji-biao
JB
Li
Shu
S
Tian
Yuan-chun
YC
D000535:Aluminum; D000641:Ammonia / Q000737:chemistry; D003116:Color; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste; D013232:Steel; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D013633:Tanning; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*
D007220:Industrial Waste; D013440:Sulfides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D013232:Steel; D000641:Ammonia; D000535:Aluminum