ICWMRE 2015 International Conference on Waste Management, Recycling and Environment, Marrakech, Morocco
https://www.waset.org/abstracts/25362
Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater by Electrocoagulation Processes and Water Resources Management
Authors:
Walid K. M. Bani Salameh, Hesham Ahmad, Mohammad Al-Shannag
Abstract:
In Jordan having deficit atmospheric precipitation, an increase in water demand during summer months . Jordan can be regarded with a relatively high potential for wastewater recycling and reuse. The main purpose of this paper was to investigate the removal of Total suspended solids (TSS) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) for olive mill wastewater (OMW) by the electrocoagulation (EC) process. In the combination of electrocoagulation by using coupled iron–aluminum electrodes the optimum working pH was found to be in range 6. The efficiency of the electrocoagulation process allowed removal of TSS and COD about 82.5% and 47.5% respectively at 45mA/cm2 after 70 minutes by using coupled iron–aluminum electrodes. These results showed that the optimum TSS and COD removal was obtained at the optimum experimental parameters such as current density, pH, and reaction time.
Keywords:
Olive Mill Wastewater; Electrode; Electrocoagulation (EC); TSS;COD.