The Influence of Applied Current Density and Agitation Speed During Electrocoagulation of Textile Wastewater

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10.2991/aer.k.211106.038How to use a DOI?

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clean water; electrocoagulation; textile wastewater; wastewater treatment

Abstract

Electrocoagulation has been noticed as a prospective technology in textile industry wastewater treatment due to its high color removal efficiency in a simple and environmental friendly method. In this study, a cylindrical EC reactor was used and equipped with a turbine agitator and Al electrodes as baffles. The EC process was conducted for 120 minutes with a flow rate of 500 mL/minute. The influence of applied current density and agitation speed was investigated. It was found that the theoretical number of ions released into the solution was increased from 49.13 to 85.97 mg/L when the current density was raised from 0.0075 to 0.0132 A/cm². The maximum of contaminant removal was achieved when 70 rpm of agitation speed was used at a current density of 0.0013 A/cm². At the mentioned agitation speed and current density, the TDS, turbidity, and COD removal were 55.6%. 98.12%, and 90.32%, respectively.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - P.T.P. Aryanti
AU  - F.A. Nugroho
AU  - B.H. Prabowo
AU  - M. R. Adriaan
AU  - M. A. Aziz
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - The Influence of Applied Current Density and Agitation Speed During Electrocoagulation of Textile Wastewater
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar of Science and Applied Technology (ISSAT 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 242
EP  - 245
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.211106.038
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.211106.038
ID  - Aryanti2021
ER  -