Effect of Soil and Activated Charcoal on Distillery Effluent Quality
| Author(s) | : | Bharat Kumar, Abhay Kumar, Rohit Sankhyan, Sumit Kumar |
| Institution | : | Department of Chemistry Doon International School, Dehradun, 248001, U.K., India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 1 — January 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 6-11 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Adsorption treatment of distillery effluent has great potential as a sustainable method as it is a low costmethod. The aim of this investigation is to study the adsorption treatment by using Soil,Activated Charcoal, Soil + ActivatedCharcoal (1:1) for purification of distillery effluent. For this, the study encompassing evaluation of reduction of variousphysical chemical parameters (pH, COD (48.98%), TS (64%), TDS (55.26%), Ca (80.91%), Mg (78.03%), Na (60%) and K(75.30%)) of distillery effluent and it was purified by passing through the columns of Soil, Activated Charcoal, Soil +Activated Charcoal (1:1). Initially distillery effluent was acidic (pH 4.7) and dark brown in color which often causepsychological fear in farmers for irrigation. Activated charcoal treatment of distillery effluent exhibited maximum reductionin COD, TS , TDS, Mg, Ca, Na, K and increase in pH toward pH 7 followed by Soil + Activated Charcoal (1:1). Treatedspent has resulted a good growth of wheat seeds.
Bharat Kumar, Abhay Kumar, Rohit Sankhyan, Sumit Kumar, “Effect of Soil and Activated Charcoal on Distillery Effluent Quality”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 6-11, January 2017.
