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The development of an ancillary textile industry waste treatment process

The objective of this thesis is twofold - (1) to design the unit processes for treating the waste from a specific industrial plant using the best practicable technology, and (2) to critically examine the theory of these unit processes for utilization in design. The industrial waste was derived from...

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Main Author: Greenblau, Norman
Other Authors: Marais, Gerrit van Rooyen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Water Research Group 2016
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description The objective of this thesis is twofold - (1) to design the unit processes for treating the waste from a specific industrial plant using the best practicable technology, and (2) to critically examine the theory of these unit processes for utilization in design. The industrial waste was derived from a synthetic button and textile trimmings factory producing polyester and casein buttons. The effluent has a high pH and COD; contains metallic poisons; and is highly coloured. It exceeds the limitations for effluent quality promulgated by the Cape Town Municipality before discharge to the sewers. A certain measure of pretreatment before discharge to the sewers was therefore required. The treatment process eventually selected consists of neutralization; flocculation; sedimentation; sand filtration of the sludge; and atmospheric drying of the sludge.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/18032 The development of an ancillary textile industry waste treatment process Greenblau, Norman Marais, Gerrit van Rooyen Textile waste treatment The objective of this thesis is twofold - (1) to design the unit processes for treating the waste from a specific industrial plant using the best practicable technology, and (2) to critically examine the theory of these unit processes for utilization in design. The industrial waste was derived from a synthetic button and textile trimmings factory producing polyester and casein buttons. The effluent has a high pH and COD; contains metallic poisons; and is highly coloured. It exceeds the limitations for effluent quality promulgated by the Cape Town Municipality before discharge to the sewers. A certain measure of pretreatment before discharge to the sewers was therefore required. The treatment process eventually selected consists of neutralization; flocculation; sedimentation; sand filtration of the sludge; and atmospheric drying of the sludge. 2016-03-21T19:05:02Z 2016-03-21T19:05:02Z 1971 Master Thesis Masters MSc (Eng) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18032 eng application/pdf Water Research Group Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town
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