Indigenous bio-coagulant assisted electrocoagulation process for the removal of contaminants from brewery wastewater: Performance evaluation and response surface methodology optimization.

Firomsa Sufa Garomsa, Yenealem Mehari Berhanu, Wendesen Mekonin Desta, Firomsa Bidira

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Firomsa Sufa GaromsaDepartment of Water Resourse and Irrigation Engineering, Wollega University, P.O. box 38, Ethiopia.

Yenealem Mehari BerhanuSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, P.O. Box 378, Ethiopia.

Wendesen Mekonin DestaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, P.O. Box 378, Ethiopia.

Firomsa BidiraSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, P.O. Box 378, Ethiopia.

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Wastewater from human activities, particularly from brewery industries, is a significant source of pollution. Large volumes of biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances found in brewery effluent make them suitable for natural coagulant-assisted electrocoagulation. The treatment options available today are highly harmful and not economical. To solve this problem and provide a simple method of treating brewery wastewater, the biocoagulant (Custard apple)-assisted electrocoagulation process was created. This study presents an environmentally friendly way of treating wastewater by combining electrocoagulation with biocoagulant. The approach treats wastewater from breweries with a high organic load and a variable composition. Bio- and electrocoagulation are used in the process to target certain contaminants and when combined the method has high efficiency and is environmentally also friendly. The performance of bio-coagulant-assisted electrocoagulation was studied, considering parameters such as pH, time, current, and bio-coagulant dosage. In each experiment, operating parameters were adjusted and their removal efficiency was evaluated after treatment. The bio-coagulant-assisted electrocoagulation process removed COD (99.01 %), BOD (99.09 %), TDS (99.02 %), and) at an ideal pH of 7, a current of 0.5 A, a time of 40 min, and power consumed (0.54kwh/m

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Brewery wastewaterCustard appleElectrocoagulationOperating factorsResponse surface methodology

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PMID39634402

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40394

PMCPMC11615482

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