1. Fenton Process Combined with Coagulation for the Treatment of Black Liquor from Bioethanol Wastewater.
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Muryantol, Muryanto, Hanifah, Ummu, Amriani, Feni, Ibadurrahman, Ahmad Faiz, and Sari, Ajeng Arum
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ETHANOL as fuel ,SULFATE waste liquor ,OIL palm ,POLYVINYL alcohol ,SORBENTS ,ZEOLITES ,ACTIVATED carbon - Abstract
High amounts of black liquor are generated from bioethanol production by using oil palm empty fruit bunches. The black liquor is waste from alkaline pretreatment, it contains high amount of an alkaline solution (NaOH). The black liquor wastewater was highly contaminated with organic materials, and quite toxic for aquatic ecosystems if discharged directly into waters. This study aimed to determine ability of Fenton process combined with coagulation to treat black liquor. The addition 5% of polyaluminium chloride (PAC) could decolorized black liquor, degraded lignin, and produced sludge 70.64%, 68.28%, and 2.76 gram, respectively. Decolorization of black liquor was in line with degradation of black liquor because lignin is the main compound in black liquor. SEM images after addition of PAC of 5% indicated fragmentation of structure. Fenton reagent consist of 0.7 M FeSO4+ 3M H2O2 has able to decolorize black liquor, degrade lignin, and produce sludge 51.67% and 25.44%, and 0.44 gram, respectively. It was concluded that black liquor wastewater from bioethanol can be treated by using Fenton process combined with coagulation. However, these methods still need improvement to obtain the higher degradation rate, and coagulation sludge needs further consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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