Treatment of tanning effluent using nanofiltration followed by reverse osmosis |
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Authors: | Chandan Das Piyush Patel Sirshendu De Sunando DasGupta |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India |
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Abstract: | An investigation on the recovery of chromium from the effluent of a chrome-tanning bath has been performed using nanofiltration (NF) followed by reverse osmosis (RO). The experiments are conducted using a rectangular cross flow cell under laminar and turbulent regimes. Significant flux enhancement is achieved using thin wires as turbulent promoters. The performance criteria are evaluated in terms of the concentration of chromium, COD, BOD, TDS, TS, pH, and conductivity of the permeate. The effects of different operating parameters on permeate flux and observed retention of chromium are evaluated experimentally. The retention of chromium is found to be 91–98% for NF and 98.8–99.7% for RO for the experimental conditions of this study. Concentrations of chromium and COD of the final permeate are well within the permissible limits. |
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Keywords: | Chromium recovery Nanofiltration Reverse osmosis Retention Turbulent promoter |
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