Biodegradation of textile dyeing industry wastewater using modified anaerobic sequential batch reactor – Start-up, parameter optimization and performance analysis

•A modified ASBR is employed to treat textile dyeing industry wastewater.•Plastic media and sorbent were added to modify the anaerobic SBR.•Startup, optimization and performance analysis of MASBR were studied at various OLR.•RSM is used to optimize the variable particle loading and sorbent dosage in...

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Published in:Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2017-03, Vol.72, p.171-181
Main Authors: Rajasimman, M., Babu, S. Venkatesh, Rajamohan, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaerobic
Biogas
Dye
Response surface methodology
Sequential batch reactor
Sorption
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Summary:•A modified ASBR is employed to treat textile dyeing industry wastewater.•Plastic media and sorbent were added to modify the anaerobic SBR.•Startup, optimization and performance analysis of MASBR were studied at various OLR.•RSM is used to optimize the variable particle loading and sorbent dosage in MASBR.•SEM and FTIR analysis were carried out to confirm the sorption process. In this study a novel modified anaerobic sequential batch reactor (MASBR) was employed to treat the textile dyeing industry wastewater. The anaerobic sequential batch reactor (ASBR) was modified by the addition of a sorbent (ground nut shell powder) and plastic media. The start-up phase of the MASBR was observed over a period of 80 days. Statistical based experiments were performed in order to optimize the parameters viz., sorbent dosage and particle loading, and to study the interactive effects using response surface method (RSM). At the optimized conditions, experiments were performed at various organic loading rates by varying initial textile dye wastewater concentration and hydraulic retention time (HRT). The anaerobic biodegradation of textile dyeing wastewater in the MASBR was analyzed in terms of decolorization, COD reduction, biogas production, volatile fatty acids (VFA) at different organic loading rate (OLR) between 0.110 and 0.650kgCOD/m3d. A maximum decolorization of 94.8% and COD reduction of 97.1% were obtained in the MASBR. The novel sorbent utilized in the study was characterized using FTIR and SEM analysis. [Display omitted]
ISSN:1876-1070
1876-1089
DOI:10.1016/j.jtice.2017.01.027