A prototype of textile wastewater treatment using coagulation and adsorption by Fe/Cu nanoparticles: Techno-economic and scaling-up studies

• Published in: Nanomaterials and nanotechnology Vol. 11; p. 184798042110411
• Main Authors: Mahmoud, Ahmed S, Mostafa, Mohamed K, Peters, Robert W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Adsorption; Artificial neural networks; Bimetals; Biochemical oxygen demand; Chemical oxygen demand; Coagulants; Coagulation; Color; Copper; Dosage; Flocculation; Iron; Mathematical models; Nanoparticles; Parameter sensitivity; Prototypes; Room temperature; Sensitivity analysis; Wastewater treatment; Water reuse; filtration; adsorption; economical evaluation; scale up and continuous feed; degradation; real textile wastewater; coagulation; nano-bimetallic Fe/Cu

This study aims to investigate the efficiency of a pilot prototype system comprising coagulation/flocculation, filtration, and nano-bimetallic iron/copper (Fe/Cu) degradation and adsorption units for the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), color, total nitrogen (...