Study of the Effect of Microwave and Energy Efficiency on Industrial Wastewater Remediation

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Zeinab AMIN ¹ , NEZIH KAMIL SALIHOGLU ² , MERVE AHMAD ³

1 - ULUDAG UNIVERSITY
2 - ULUDAG UNIVERSITY
3 - ULUDAG UNIVERSITY

Received: 2018-06-15 Accepted : 2018-09-16 Published : 2018-08-23

Keywords: wastewater, Removal efficiency, Microwave radiation, Chemical Oxygen Demand,

Abstract :

The overall aim of this study was to investigate the effect of microwave radiation treatment on chemical oxygen demand, color and nutrients in the industrial wastewater in Bursa, Turkey without by products in the optimum time, according to the standard method. The results show that during microwave radiation with a power of 900 watts, the efficiency of removal of 79% chemical oxygen demand, 23.55% color, 65% phosphorus and 95% ammonium nitrate with sampling at 0, 60, 120, 150, 180, 240420,360,300, s. The power consumption is also 30.8 watts, 164 watts, 143.5 watts and 102.5 watts, respectively. After five minutes of microwave irradiation, the removal efficiency of over 50% for nutrients and chemical oxygen demand is observed, and the lowest removal percentage is related to color with maximum energy consumption.