Application of copper and aluminium electrode in electro coagulation process for municipal wastewater treatment: A case study at Karachi

IF 0.6 Q4 ECOLOGY Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2022-10-04 DOI:10.12775/eq.2023.008

Lubna Rafique, Anila Adnan, Anam Taha, S. Bano, S. Vambol, Tahir Mushtaq, N. Ilyas, Shehnaz Hussain, L. Borysova, O. Kovalov

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The reuse of treated domestic wastewater is an imperative source of water for numerous purposes. The treatment of municipal wastewater can be process by utilizing the technique for electrocoagulation. Electrocoagulation (EC) is an eco-friendly technique that combines the functions and advantages of conventional coagulation, flotation, and electrochemistry in water and wastewater treatment. The aim of present study was to assess the potential of electrocoagulation process in removing COD, BOD, TSS, turbidity, sulphate, nitrate, chloride and TDS from municipal wastewater. This experimental study was carried out at a batch system by using copper and aluminium electrodes aiming to treat the municipal wastewater at (0, 7, 14, and 21 volts, 50mamp for 60minutes) from Sample Baloch Colony (SBC), Sample Rind Goth (SRG), Sample Cattle Colony (SCC), Sample Pakistan Machine Tool Factory (SPMTF) and Sample Mehran Highway (SMH). The results revealed that the maximum removal efficiency of COD 96% for SPMTF, BOD 38.5% for SPMTF, TSS 98.14% for SMH, Turbidity 95.7% for SPMTF, Sulphate 95.9% for SRG, Nitrate 95.23% for SMH, Chloride 97.92% for SMH and TDS 96.9% for SRG at 21 volt. The present study suggested that the treated wastewater could be safely reuse for lawns, parks, tree plantation and recreation purpose.

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铜铝电极在电凝法处理城市污水中的应用:以卡拉奇为例

经处理的生活污水的再利用是多种用途的必要水源。城市污水的处理可以采用电絮凝技术。电絮凝（EC）是一种环保技术，它结合了传统絮凝、浮选和电化学在水和废水处理中的功能和优点。本研究的目的是评估电絮凝工艺在去除城市污水中COD、BOD、TSS、浊度、硫酸盐、硝酸盐、氯化物和TDS方面的潜力。本实验研究在间歇系统中使用铜和铝电极进行，旨在处理来自样本俾路支殖民地（SBC）、样本Rind Goth（SRG）、样本牛群殖民地（SCC）、样本巴基斯坦机床厂（SPMTF）和样本Mehran高速公路（SMH）的（0、7、14和21伏，50mamp，60分钟）城市废水。结果表明，在21伏条件下，SPMTF对COD的最大去除率为96%，SPMTF的BOD去除率为38.5%，SMH对TSS的去除率为98.14%，SPMTF去除浊度为95.7%，SRG去除硫酸盐为95.9%，SMH去除硝酸盐为95.23%，SMH最大去除氯化物为97.92%，SRG最大去除TDS为96.9%。本研究表明，处理后的废水可以安全地重复用于草坪、公园、植树造林和娱乐目的。

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Ecological Questions ECOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The fundamental task set by the editors of the journal is to bring together and present a diversity of research connected with ecology. Apart from the traditional ecological research areas, the scope of the journal will embrace more peripheral ecological issues connected with other disciplines of biology. Recognizing the increasing importance of the humanities in ecological research, the editors will strive to give such issues due representation in the journal. We hope to encourage the researchers contributing to the journal to adopt an unconventional approach to solving ecological problems, to go beyond classical, well-established conceptions, and to include methodological and anthropological issues. Such an approach is validated by the intensive development of the sciences bordering on both biology and the humanities that has been observed over recent years.