Deduction of Organic and Inorganic Pollutant from Sugarcane Processing Plant Effluent by Thermal-oxidation and Electro-oxidation Processes in Batch Experiment

Abstract

Sugarcane industries have a major contribution to the rural development of country, including pollution level to the environment. Associate with all the waste from the sugarcane industry, wastewater is a key issue to manage. Throughout the sugarcane processing season, large quantities of water consumed and discharge a large amount of wastewater. The investigation has been done to bring wastewater up to recycling limit made by pollution board. The objective of this research work is to reduced the pollutants from sugar industry effluent with thermal oxidation, electrooxidation, and combined with both treatment process. The result shows 68.5% COD and 71.2% color with thermal, 82.5% COD, and 86.5% color with electrocoagulation and 98% COD and 99.2% color reduction with a combined treatment of most appropriate conditions. In settling and filtration study 80% of efficiency was attained with the combined study. The sludge containing a lesser amount of inorganic and treated can be reutilized.