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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT v
LIST OF TABLES xvi
LIST OF FIGURES xx
LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS xv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 WORLD WATER AVAILABILITY 1
1.2 WATER POLLUTION SOURCES 2
1.2.1 Major Water Consuming Industries 3
1.2.2 Status of Textile Industries in India 4
1.3 TEXTILE INDUSTRY OPERATIONS 5
1.4 EFFECTS OF TEXTILE EFFLUENT
ON ENVIRONMENT 11
1.5 DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR TEXTILE
EFFLUENT IN INDIA 12
1.6 CONVENTIONAL WASTEWATER
TREATMENT 14
1.6.1 Preliminary Treatment 16
1.6.2 Primary Treatment 16
1.6.3 Chemical Treatment 16
1.6.3.1 Coagulation and flocculation 17
1.6.3.2 Advance oxidation process 17
1.6.4 Biological Treatment 21
1.6.4.1 Aerobic process 21
1.6.4.2 Anaerobic process 22
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2 LITERATURE REVIEW 29
2.1 ADSORPTION 29
2.1.1 Preparation of Activated Carbon using
Chemical Activation Method 30
2.1.2 Preparation of Activated Carbon using
Physical Activation Method 34
2.1.3 Preparation of Activated Carbon using
Physiochemical Activation Method 36
2.2 ELECTROSORPTION STUDIES 38
2.2.1 Monolayer Adsorption 39
2.2.2 Multilayer Adsorption 40
2.3 DESALINATION STUDIES 43
2.3.1 Electrode Materials 45
5 CONCLUSIONS 183
5.1 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 183
5.2 FUTURE WORK 192
APPENDIX 1 193
REFERENCES 194
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES