Electrocoagulation Studies on Treatment of Biodigester Effluent using Aluminum Electrodes

Ponselvan, F Infant Anto; Kumar, Mayank; Malviya, Jodha Ram; Srivastava, Vimal Chandra; Mall, Indra Deo

Electrocoagulation Studies on Treatment of Biodigester Effluent using Aluminum Electrodes

2009

Ponselvan, F Infant Anto | Kumar, Mayank | Malviya, Jodha Ram | Srivastava, Vimal Chandra | Mall, Indra Deo

In the present paper, electrocoagulation (EC) has been employed for the reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction of a distillery wastewater (biodigester effluent) in a batch EC reactor using aluminum electrode. The individual and interactive effects of the four main independent parameters have been studied on the COD removal efficiency using a central composite experimental design. The parameters studied are current density (j): 44.65-223.25 A/m²; initial pH (pH ₀): 2-8; inter-electrode distance (g): 1-3 cm; and electrolysis time (t): 30-150 min. Pareto analysis of variance of the results showed a high coefficient of determination value (R ² = 0.9693) and satisfactory prediction for second-order regression model. Maximum COD removal efficiency of 52.23% was obtained with j = 120 A/m², pH ₀ = 6.0, g = 1 cm, and t = 150 min.

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