Electrochemical Treatment of Disperse Blue1 Dyes in Simulated Textile Effluent: Parameter Optimization Method

Electrochemical oxidation for Disperse blue 1 dye wastewater simulated in the laboratory, was investigated in this study using Graphite materials as the electrodes. The experiment was carried out in a batch process in a laboratory-scale that was analyzed at every 30 min regular intervals, for a total period of 180 min. the results were reported in terms of colour removal for different parameters of initial concentrations (50mg/L, 95mg/L, and 145mg/L), electrode geometry (plain and cylindrical), pH (4, 7, 9), current intensity (1A, 3A), and temperature (280C, 500C). For the different initial concentrations, Color was reduced by 85.4%, 67.4% and 67.8% respectively. More also the plain graphite electrodes showed a comparatively higher efficiency of colour removal than the cylindrical graphite electrodes. Furthermore, we observed a decrease in colour removal when the pH of the effluent was increased from 4 to 9 showing an efficiency of 58.7%, 54.6% respectively. Current intensity and temperature showed similar variations. UV-Vis study confirmed that the proposed electrochemical degradation process could be an effective method for the degradation of textile dye effluent.

Electrochemical Treatment of Disperse Blue1 Dyes in Simulated Textile Effluent: Parameter Optimization Method

Electrochemical oxidation for Disperse blue 1 dye wastewater simulated in the laboratory, was investigated in this study using Graphite materials as the electrodes. The experiment was carried out in a batch process in a laboratory-scale that was analyzed at every 30 min regular intervals, for a total period of 180 min. the results were reported in terms of colour removal for different parameters of initial concentrations (50mg/L, 95mg/L, and 145mg/L), electrode geometry (plain and cylindrical), pH (4, 7, 9), current intensity (1A, 3A), and temperature (280C, 500C). For the different initial concentrations, Color was reduced by 85.4%, 67.4% and 67.8% respectively. More also the plain graphite electrodes showed a comparatively higher efficiency of colour removal than the cylindrical graphite electrodes. Furthermore, we observed a decrease in colour removal when the pH of the effluent was increased from 4 to 9 showing an efficiency of 58.7%, 54.6% respectively. Current intensity and temperature showed similar variations. UV-Vis study confirmed that the proposed electrochemical degradation process could be an effective method for the degradation of textile dye effluent.