EFFLUENT TREATMENT IN THE
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXTILE OPERATIONS
Textile industries prepare and transform fibers into yarn, convert the
yarn into fabric, and then these fabrics are manufactured through wet
processing into garments.Refer to figure 1.
Figure 1.A flow diagram fo textile processing.
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS
Wastewater discharged from the industries undergo
multiple physical and chemical treatments, such as
flocculation, coagulation, and ozonation. Organic
matter, nitrogen and, some metals can be removed
based on biological treatment. There are three
treatment processes involved: primary, secondary, and
tertiary treatments, which refer to Figure 2.
Figure 2. Conventional Treatment processes in textile plants
COMPARISON
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TEXTILE EFFLUENTS AND ITS IMPACT
Textile effluents exhibit high values
of BOD, COD, total suspended
solids, and low dissolved oxygen
(DO) concentrations, and strong
color. Table 1 presents the
contaminants generated at this
stage.
Table 1. Wet processing and wastewater contaminants
ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS (AOP)
The fundamental principle of this
process is to crash the components
which are difficult to oxidize by
generated OH0 radicals. Fentons
reagent is an appropriate chemical
that improves the ability of the
oxidation of organic contaminants by
decomposition of H2O2. One
disadvantage is the generation
of iron sludge.
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