SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION IN INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT TREATMENT

Authors

  • Leena V Bora Department of Chemical Engineering, Nirma University
  • Rajubhai K. Mewada Department of Chemical Engineering, Nirma University

Keywords:

Advanced oxidation process; Fenton process; photo-fenton; photocatalysis

Abstract

Solar energy is a vital source for the treatment of hazardous wastes which are eliminated by the industries.
There are equipments like parabolic trough collectors (PTR), flat plate collectors, etc. Used for concentrating the
solar energy. Various catalysts such as TiO2 are used for the treatment of waste water by the process called photo
catalysis i.e. such catalyst gets activated in the presence of sunlight. Other process like Fenton oxidation, Fenton
degradation, and other photochemical methods are useful for the treatment of industrial effluents. Fenton process is
well known in all the industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, food, sugar industry for the waste water
treatment. Solar drying is an important process for solid waste treatment in which exposure to sunlight can kill
various harmful bacterias and other pesticides. Such process is widespread in agriculture sector, cement industry and
also food industry. In this paper, we have discussed about the processes which can be helpful to treat industrial wastes
by using solar energy.

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Published

2016-02-25

How to Cite

Leena V Bora, & Rajubhai K. Mewada. (2016). SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION IN INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT TREATMENT. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 3(2), 151–157. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/435

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016): Volume: 03, Issue: 02 - February, 2016.

Section

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