WASTE WATER TREATMENT

FOR
TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Miran Esma ETKESER

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Ayşe Bengisu ÖZ
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Water & Textile Industry
 95-400 liters of water is needed
to produce one kilogram of
textile products.
 World textile industry releases 4
trillion liters per day, or several
million liters per minute.
What kind of a waste is compose?
Main pollutants in textile wastewater is,
o high suspended solids,
o high amount of organic and inorganic pollutants,
o chemicals,
o dyes,
o turbidity,
o heavy metals,
o chemical oxygen demand (COD),
o biological oxygen demand (BOD),
o acidity,
o nitrogen and other soluble substances.
Laxman M (2009) Pollution and its Control in Textile Industry. Dyes and Chemicals.
 Primary
Treatment

Waste Water
Treatment
Secondary
Treatment

Tertiary
Treatment
Indian Textile Journal September 2008,
http://www.indiantextilejournal.com/articles/FAdetails.asp?id=1431%20
 Primary Treatment
Remove excessive quantities of oil and grease, coarse suspended materials, turbidity and color.

Treatment Type Purpose

Screening Remove insoluable particles

Grit removal Separates heavier inorganic particles

Grease removal Removal of oils, greases from machine and non-miscible compounds

pH neutralisation Maintain the pH

Sedimentation Suspendedn particles settle out water due to gravity

Coagulation Removal of TSS (total suspended solid)

Flocculation Agglomeration of destabilized partics to large particles

Removes solid particles or suspended solids from liquid for clarification
Clarifiers
Helps in removing theTSS
Flotation
Example of Primary Treatment

Screening Sedimentation Equalization

Neutralization Cogulation&Flocculation
 Secondary Treatment

• The Secondary treatment process is mainly carried out to

reduce the BOD, phenol and oil contents in the wastewater
and to control its colour.

• This can be biologically done with the help of

microorganisms under aerobic or anaerobic conditions.

• Anaerobic treatment involves the absence of air and the

presence of anaerobic bacteria, which degrade the sludge
into biomass, methane and carbon dioxide

http://textilefocus.com/potential-wastes-textile-wet-processing-industries-management/
Secondary Treatment
• Aerated lagoons, trickling filter and
activated sludge systems are among the
aerobic system used in the secondary
treatment. Anaerobic treatment is mainly
used to stabilize the generated sludge.
• The BOD removal efficiency is up to
99% and the phosphorous removal is
15-25% for aerated lagoons.
• Trickling filters are another common
method of secondary treatment that mostly
operates under aerobic conditions.
• Aerobic activated sludge processes are
also commonly used.
• A BOD removal efficiency of 90-95%
can be achieved from this process, but
is time consuming .

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 Tertiary Treatment

• Textile effluents may require tertiary or advance treatment methods

to remove particular contaminant or to prepare the treated effluent
for reuse.
• There are several technologies used in tertiary treatments including
electrodialysis, reverse osmosis and ion exchange.

https://www.fabricwholesaledirect.com/blogs/sewing-diy-tutorials/a-brief-history-of-fabric-and-textiles
 Electrodialysis

Ion Exchanger
Mostafa, Mohammad Waste water treatment in textile Industries - the concept and current removal technologies Article published on July 30, 2015
Institute of National Analytical Research and Service (INARS), BCSIR, Dhaka- 1205, Bangladesh
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