Leather Tannery Wastewater Treatment Using Electro-Fenton Process – Effects on Ammonia, Chromium, Total Suspended Solid, Biological Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand Removal

Abstract

Electro-Fenton process could remove pollutant in in tannery industry wastewater. The objectives of this is used to know the effect of electro-Fenton on, ammonia (NH3), chromium (III) (Cr(III), total suspended solid (TSS), biological oxygen deman d (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal in tannery wastewater treatment. The voltage variation used to trigger the electro-Fenton reaction was 6V, 8V, and 10V. Observation time at 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120 mins was used to see changes in the sample. The results obtained are electro-Fenton method has an effective time of 30 mins to removal efficiency of 60.7%, 32.9%, 72.8%, 53.4%, and 53.4% for NH3, Cr(III), TSS, BOD, and COD respectively. Pollution from tannery effluent can be eliminated to a sufficient extent using the electro-Fenton technique.

Keywords

• wastewater treatment
• leather tannery wastewater
• industrial waste
• electro-fenton
• removal