Kinetic study of electrocoagulation of tannery wastewater

The current research aims to investigate the treatment of real chrome tanning effluent by continuing electrocoagulation (EC) with electrodes of aluminum (anode) and iron (cathode). Also, the kinetic study and the effect of current density and operating time on Cr (VI), turbidity, and chemical oxygen...

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Autores: Valdiviezo Gonzales, Lorgio Gilberto, Aguilar Mancco, Franklin, Palomino Cartolin, Allison, Montoya Molina, Julio, Cabello-Torres, Rita J., Reynoso Quispe, Patricia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
Repositorio:UTP-Institucional
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.utp.edu.pe:20.500.12867/7218
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12867/7218
http://doi.org/10.3303/CET2398012
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electrocoagulation
Wastewater
Water treatment
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.04.00
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Sumario:The current research aims to investigate the treatment of real chrome tanning effluent by continuing electrocoagulation (EC) with electrodes of aluminum (anode) and iron (cathode). Also, the kinetic study and the effect of current density and operating time on Cr (VI), turbidity, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency were evaluated. The results show that maximum removal efficiency of 84.7 % for Cr (VI), 88.7 % for turbidity and 81.0 % for COD occurred at a current density of 679.3 A /m2. The maximum turbidity removal value was reached after 15 minutes of operation, while it took 20 minutes to remove the maximum value of Cr (VI) and COD at pH 3.5. The kinetic data were fitted to the pseudo second order model for COD and the pseudo first order for Cr (VI) showing a higher removal rate of Cr than COD. The estimated operating cost was USD 2.74/m3 of effluent. This value only included anode material and energy consumption costs.