Pharmaceutical Wastewater Treatment Using Natural And Chemical Coagulants

Authors

  • Dr. C.M. Vivek Vardhan , Dr. P. Saritha , Dr. C. Srinivas Gupta , Akella Naga Sai Baba

Abstract

Pharmaceutical industrial wastewater is hazardous in nature so it needs to be treated
before it is discharged in to any water body or on to soil. This paper, deals with the study of the
treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater using different coagulants. Experimental investigations are
carried with different operational parameters such as pH variation (2-10) and coagulant dosage
variation (1-5g/500ml). Alum, Iron sulphate and Moringa oleifera are used as coagulants. Treatment
is done for turbidity removal and COD reduction. Among all the coagulants studied, the natural
coagulant Moringa oleifera is observed to be efficient in the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater

Published

2020-11-01

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