Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifier

354

Parsa Pezeshk

Date

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Civil Engineering

Concentration

Environmental Engineering

Committee Chair

Larry Moore

Committee Member

Stephanie Ivey

Committee Member

Paul Palazolo

Abstract

Pulp and paper industries generate highly-colored wastewaters, the color of which is not removed by conventional biological treatment. As a result, the persistent color of the wastewater can potentially disrupt the aesthetic appearance of the recieving stream as well as releasing potentially toxic compounds to the environment. Coagulation and flocculation is a chemical treatment practiced to remove color from pulp and paper mill wastewaters. The main focus of this work was to study the color removal efficiency of coagulation/flocculation treatment on a specialty pulp and paper mill wastewater located in the State of Tennessee. In this regard, the effect of coagulant, coagulant aid, and flocculent dosages as well as the wastewater pH and temperature on color removal process were examined. Furtheremore, bentonite clay and powdered activated carbon (PAC) effectiveness for color removal were tested.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

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