Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2019

Utilization of Novel Plant Bio-Sorbents for the Effective Treatment of Textile Dye Effluents

Author(s): P. Vivek, M. Karuppaiya and S. Thenesh Kumar
Abstract: With the emerging inflation in the production of fabrics with the use of automated machines there is also an increase in the production of textile wastewater from these textile plants. Consequently, the increase in environmental pollution created due to discharge of these untreated effluents is inevitable. On the other hand, use of plant source as a biosorbent may provide a solution to the existing textile dye treatment problems. The main aim of study is to utilize three flower extracts namely Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea nouchali and Musa paradisiaca as potent biosorbent for the effective treatment of textile dye waste water. The process includes identification, selection and characterization of different plant sources for the use of biosorbent samples. Three different anaerobic sequential batch reactors are used for the study to identify the most effective biosorbent samples. The resulting treated effluent from the bioreactor is characterized and compared with the characterization result of the untreated textile dye wastewater. CETP standards are taken as the reference value and a data analysis is plotted between the standard with the treated and untreated effluents to ensure that the treated effluent follows the regulatory parameters of the Pollution Control Board of India. Among these flower extracts, Nymphaea nouchali is found to be more effective than other two flower extracts. This can be evident that development of such waste water plant to treat the effluent from textile industry can lead to sustainable protection over environment.
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How To Cite this Article:

P. Vivek, M. Karuppaiya and S. Thenesh Kumar. Utilization of Novel Plant Bio-Sorbents for the Effective Treatment of Textile Dye Effluents. 2019; 9(1): 165-175.