Colour Removal from Textile Dyeing Wastewater Using Different Adsorbents

Adsorbents Study for Textile Effluents

Authors

  • Muhammad Tahir Butt PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 
  • Naz Imtiaz PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 
  • Sameer Ahmed PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 
  • Farooq Arif PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 
  • Shahid Rehman Khan PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 

Keywords:

industrial wastes, dyes, colour removal, adsorbents

Abstract

The ability of different adsorbents/coagulants, such as liquid and solid polymers, ferric chloride, calcium carbonate and coal ash, was investigated for uptake of (reactive dyes, Red - 120, Yellow - 14 and Blue - 4 from textile dyeing waste. Coal ash was used for the colour removal from the textile dyeing wastewater of reactive dyes. Different adsorbents removed the colour from the effluent in different degrees; in some cases the colour was removed 100%. White polymer was ineffective. Calcium carbonate gave excellent results. Liquid polymers were better effective than the solid ones. Coal ash yielded good results without any further treatment.

 

Author Biographies

Muhammad Tahir Butt, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 

Naz Imtiaz, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 

Sameer Ahmed, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin Roomi, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan 

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Published

2010-04-26

How to Cite

Butt, M. T., Imtiaz, N., Ahmed, S., Arif, F., & Khan, S. R. (2010). Colour Removal from Textile Dyeing Wastewater Using Different Adsorbents: Adsorbents Study for Textile Effluents. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 53(2), 81–84. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/429