BATIK INDUSTRY EFFLUENT TREATMENT

SDG 14: Life Below Water

Team Name: GENOFEX

PROBLEM STATEMENT
The existing treatment methods for
LIST OF MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY
effluent from the batik industry are too
expensive and they are inadequate to
remove non-biodegradable and harmful
chemicals. Carboxylmethyl cellulose powder, CMC
Example: Fenton Process.
Nanofiltration Membrane.
Bismuth Ferrite, BiFeO₃ powder (BFO)
Non-biodegradable and harmful chemicals
Citric acid, C₆H₈O₇
include chemical odour and colour which
pose a risk to the environment and human
Distilled water, H₂O
health.

STEP 1: CELLULOSE EXTRACTION

+ acetic/nitric reagent Filter and dry

OBJECTIVES Extracted cellulose

To reuse organic waste as a raw material

to produce a photocatalyst composite.
STEP 2: ETHERIFICATION OF CMC MEMBRANE
To reduce non-biodegradable and NaOH + 1 hour + 35°C
harmful chemicals in batik effluent.
+ chloroacetic acid
To design an environmental friendly
batik effluent treatment plant based on CMC Powder
BFC composite by photocatalysis
process. STEP 3: IMPREGNATION OF BiFeO₃ WITH CMC MEMBRANE
1.5g of CMC powder
+ Continuous stirring Dry for 48 hours
0.15g of BiFeO₃ (2 hours)
citric acid solution at 40°C

pH TEST
Acidic condition STEP 4: TESTING FOR THE OPTIMUM pH CONDITION AND THE REUSABILITY OF BFC COMPOSITE
pH CONDITION TEST REUSABILITY TEST
Methyl red BFC + HCl
15 ml of methyl red was
poured into the petri dish The petri dish was left for 1
hour under direct sunlight
under alkaline condition
5 ml of 0.01 M of sodium
Dark red Red
hydroxide was also
added into the petri dish
experiment was repeated
with 4 more cycles

Neutral condition
The petri dish was left for 1
hour under direct sunlight

STEP 5: MODELLING BFC PHOTODECOMPOSITION POOL

Methyl red BFC

Dark red Red

Alkaline condition
Methyl red BFC + NaOH
UNIQUENESS OF PROJECT Conclusion
Only requires natural BFC composite is excellent in
sunlight to be degrading non-biodegradable
material from batik industry
Dark red Slightly functional with 90% efficiency.
colourless
Give added value to BFC composite is one of the
alternatives to help reduce
agarwood waste water pollution.

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