there are solvents and alcohol in the waste water of a factory that produces disinfectants. Increasing this waste water requires very serious operations. Can I treat this waste water with electro-coagulation? how many values do I have to get results from the reaction ?
I used 12 volts 1.5 amps of copper and zinc to power the wastewater with solvent and alcohol content in a 500 ml container. pH range of my wastewater is 7-8. It took about 30-40 minutes of contact time, but I didn't get any reaction.Is there a tavisye that you can give?
Furkan EMRE Yucel
Your experience proves that (electro-)coagulation makes does NOT remove dissolved organics such as solvents and alcohol.
In addition (electro-)coagulation is not sustainable at full industrial scale, because it consumes a lot of energy/chemicals and its performance/efficiency is quite poor.
For such organic wastewaters we apply advanced biological conversion to green energy (biomethane) at medium-high organic concentrations (COD, TOC) and/or to blue water for reuse at lower strength.
Not Effectively. Aerobic CAS or/and MBBR is best option for winery and phramaceutical type wastewater of high strength. Try multi effect evaporator or forced centrifugation if you expecting solvent recovery.
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