Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to investigate the treatment efficiency of silk
dyeing wastewater from household production by using sugar cane bagasse packed
column. The experiment was of a factorial experimental research design. The
differences of sugar cane bagasse sizes, depths and flow rates in the packed column
were tested for the optimum operating condition of wastewater treatment.
The results showed that color removal efficiency decreased as the sugar cane
bagasse size and flow rate increased. However, it increased as the increase of sugar
cane bagasse depth. Sugar cane bagasse could remove the color and Suspended Solids
(SS) but increased the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). The pH value of the effluent
slightly decreased and then slightly increased when the volume treated and
breakthrough time were increased. The optimum operating condition for the color
removal of 97.30% was determined as the sugar cane bagasse size of 0.5 cm, the
adsorbent depth of 90 cm and the flow rate of 10 ml/min. The volume treated and
breakthrough time at 90% breakpoint were 577.57 ml and 59.65 minutes, respectively.
At the optimum operating condition, the treatment efficiency of actual silk dyeing
wastewater by sugar cane bagasse with chemical preparation, simple preparation (dry
in oven) and simple preparation (dry with sun light) was compared. The color removal
efficiencies of three different preparation types were 89.59%, 93.01% and 78.22%,
respectively. The volume treated and breakthrough time at 90% breakpoint of simple
preparation (dry with oven) was 59.78 ml and 5.98 minutes but those of chemical
preparation and simple preparation (dry with sun light) were non-detected. All the
COD, SS and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) of sugar cane bagasse preparation types
exceeded the effluent standards required by the Ministry of Industry of Thailand.
Only, pH from simple preparation (dry with sunlight) could achieve the standards.
The results suggest that sugar cane bagasse can be used for the treatment of silk
dyeing wastewater with different levels of efficiency. In addition, the simple
preparation of sugar cane bagasse (dry with oven) is optimum.