I. Arslan, Treatability of a simulated disperse dye-bath by ferrous iron coagulation,ozonation, and ferrous iron-catalyzed ozonation, J HAZARD M, 85(3), 2001, pp. 229-241
Dyeing and finishing of textile yarns and fabrics are extremely important p
rocesses in terms of both quality and environmental concerns. Among the com
mercial textile dyes, particularly disperse dyestuffs are of environmental
interest because of their widespread use, their potential for formation of
toxic aromatic amines and their low removal rate during aerobic waste treat
ment as well as advanced chemical oxidation. Thus, in the present paper fer
rous iron coagulation, ozonation and ferrous iron-catalyzed ozonation were
employed at varying pH (3-13) and Fe(II)-ion doses (0.09-18 mM) for the tre
atment of a simulated disperse dye-bath (average initial apparent color as
absorbance at 566 nm = 815.4 m(-1); COD0 = 3784 mg l(-1); TOC0 = 670 mg l(-
1); BOD5,0 = 58 mg l(-1)) that more closely resembled an actual dyehouse ef
fluent than an aqueous disperse dye solution. Coagulation with 5000 mg l(-1
) FeSO4. 7H(2)O (18 mM Fe2+) at pH 11 removed up to 97% color and 54% COD,
whereas oxidation via ozonation alone (applied ozone dose = 2300 mg l(-1))
was only effective at pH 3, resulting in 77% color and 11% COD removal. Fe(
II)-ion-catalyzed ozonation (3.6 mM Fe2+ at pH 3; Fe2+:O-3 molar ratio 1:14
) eliminated 95% color and 48% COD and appeared to be the most attractive o
ption among the investigated chemical treatment methods as for its applicab
ility at the natural acidic pH of the disperse dye-bath effluent and at rel
atively low Fe2+-ion doses as compared to ferrous sulfate coagulation. Howe
ver, no TOC reduction was observable for ozonation and catalytic ozonation
at the investigated reaction conditions (14 gl(-1) O-3 at pH 3). An average
six-fold enhancement in the biodegradability parameter of the synthetic dy
e wastewater expressed in terms of the BOD5/COD ratio could be achieved by
the investigated chemical treatment methods. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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